Telecommuting has been a hot topic for years, but earlier this year, it took center stage when Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer eliminated telecommuting for all employees. You can read some of my thoughts on that decision by following the previous link and by reading the transcription of my interview with NPR.
I’ve published some informative infographics about telecommuting here on Women on Business over the past year, including:
- The Real Benefits of Telecommuting Infographic
- Americans Speak out on Telecommuting Stress, Benefits and Demands Infographic
- The Perks of Working from Home Infographic
Now, I have a new infographic to share with you, which comes from HowDoIBecomeA.net. The World of Telecommuting infographic provides a global look at telecommuting and includes statistics related to the number of workers who telecommute by country as well as opinions about the benefits of telecommuting across numerous countries.
Did you know that one in seven employees around the world telecommute frequently and just 7% of the global workforce works from their homes every day? Did you know that six in ten employees around the world would telecommute if they were given the option to do so? Those statistics and more can be found in the infographic below.
Source: HowDoIBecomeA.net
Susan Gunelius
Susan Gunelius is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Women on Business. She is a 30-year veteran of the marketing field and has authored a dozen books about marketing, branding, and social media, including the highly popular Ultimate Guide to Email Marketing, 30-Minute Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing for Dummies, Blogging All-in-One for Dummies and Kick-ass Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps. Susan’s marketing-related content can be found on Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com, MSNBC.com, BusinessWeek.com, and more. Susan is President & CEO of KeySplash Creative, Inc., a marketing communications company. She has worked in corporate marketing roles and through client relationships with AT&T, HSBC, Citibank, Intuit, The New York Times, Cox Communications, and many more large and small companies around the world. Susan also speaks about marketing, branding and social media at events around the world and is frequently interviewed by television, online, radio, and print media organizations about these topics. She holds an MBA in Management and Strategy and a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and is a Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC).
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Thank you Susan for expanding my perspective on Telecommuting and I hope you reach the widest possible audience with the facts, the advantages, the importance of telecommuting! The advantages far out weigh the dis-advantages and I will help in any way I can to spread the word on this topic. In my experience–anyone–any executive who would regress to a less enlightened view on this topic, including Marissa Mayer at Yahoo, is showing their lack of objectivity, integrity, and their control freak and micro-managing weaknesses! We know the type! Those that don’t have the respect for others to allow them to do their jobs from home–when possible–are simply not the quality leaders we want in charge. I have lost respect for Yahoo for allowing this absurdity.
Wow, such an interesting article. I’m shocked how many countries have such low percentages of people who have to be at their workplace.