What to Do When You’re Given an Answer to Your Telecommuting Proposal
November 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Now that you have spent your time researching and presenting your proposal to your employer, what do you do when they meet with you to give you their answer? When you go into the meeting, be prepared to keep an air of professionalism and be respectful no matter what the answer turns out to be.
If the answer is yes, they are willing to give it a try; then your next step would be to develop a plan with them to set up how the telecommuting program will work. See if they have any rules or policies that will need to be followed and make sure you execute them. Find out what their ideas are of how it should work and offer suggestions to make it run smoothly.
Make sure that you perform the plan as it is set up with your employer. Don’t stray from that plan without their knowledge as that could cause them to change their mind about allowing the telecommuting to take place. One avoidable mistake can reverse all your hard work in proposing the idea to begin with.
If your employer says that telecommuting is not an option then respect that decision. Find out what the reasons are that they have for their answer and see if you can offer suggestions to work around them if possible. If they still say no, be sure to thank them for the time they took to listen to your proposal. By respecting their decision and not throwing a fit or starting an argument with them, you show how professional you can be. They may be more willing in the future to allow you to telecommute.
Don’t be afraid to bring up the idea again in the future. This helps them remember that telecommuting could be an option for you and down the road it may be workable. Don’t hound them every couple of weeks though. Allow several months to pass before trying again and make sure that you keep a good work performance to show that you can handle the responsibility.
Telecommuting Fears to Address in Your proposal
November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Most employers have many fears about allowing their employees to telecommute in their position. Their fears most often stem from a simple lack of information on the subject. It’s your job to not only recognize those fears, but to help them understand ways to get around those fears and benefit from the telecommuting option. Here are some of the common fears employers have about telecommuting and how they can be worked out:
Not having you there physically to see how a project is coming along. Assure them that on the days you’re working at home, you can still keep in contact periodically by emails and phone call.
Trust with sensitive documents and information. Let them know how your home office is set up and how you will keep the information confidential. Help them to see how the sensitive documents will be handled if they’re taken out of the office.
Spending too much time lounging around on your sofa when you should be working. Give them a plan of the hours you would work and assure them you will keep in contact to let them know what tasks your working at the moment.
Showing unprofessionalism on the phone with clients. Let them know how your home office is set up to eliminate background noises. Assure them that when you’re on the phone talking to clients, there won’t be any children screaming or dogs barking in the background. You will also need to let them know, that the phone will only be used for business purposes and no one else will use it.
These are the most common fears employers have about a telecommuting program. There will be others that will come up when you propose the idea to your boss, so be well informed about the process and be able to answer those fears when the boss brings them up to you.
The Benefits of Telecommuting Part time
November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Some employers are leery about letting their employees work from home even on a part time basis. Keep that in mind when proposing the telecommuting idea to your boss. Make a list of the benefits and present it to your boss when making your proposal. Here are some benefits of telecommuting that you can add to your list:
Eliminating the hassles that commuting to a job can present on your work performance. A lot of times, your commute can be a headache which can cause tension by the time you arrive at the office. By eliminating the tension of commuting, your mind is free and ready to delve into your job responsibilities for the day.
Avoiding office politics and gossip. Every office has their dramas from time to time. Unfortunately, they can be extremely distracting and can decrease a person’s performance on the job. By working from home, those distractions aren’t there and you can concentrate solely on the task at hand and not what your co-worker is doing.
Less time taken off from work for personal reasons. When working from home, you can still go to personal appointments, but you can make up for the time lost by working at a later time in the day. When working in the office, this option isn’t always available.
More alert for your job. On days you have to go to the office, you get up early, get ready and leave to go to work. Depending on how far you live from the office, you may have to get up in the wee hours of the morning, disrupting your sleep time. When this happens, your body and mind is still sleepy when you get to work making concentrating difficult. By telecommuting, you can sleep in longer and be ready to work right away. You can even start your work earlier if you choose to.
Telecommuting part time benefits you by saving money on gas and clothes needed for the office. You have more time to spend with your family and less time is wasted commuting back and forth to work. When proposing telecommuting to your boss, only focus on how it benefits the company. Be professional in your proposal and don’t mention how you will benefit as they won’t be interested in it anyway.
Telecommuting Part Time for a Full Time Job
November 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Your full time job brings you to the office 5-6 days a week to perform your work duties. You work at a desk or station that’s provided to you, while using equipment that belongs to your employer. By throwing telecommuting part time into the mix you can change how your job duties are performed and where they are performed at.
Telecommuting in your job is when you do all or part of your job by working from a home office. Usually, you would go the office to work for 2-3 days out of your work week and the rest of time you will stay at home to work. Your job duties will split, so that the work you can’t perform at home is done on the days you show up at the office.
When you’re at the office, communication is done by talking to individuals in person. When you’re telecommuting, that option isn’t available to you, so you need to communicate through email and phone to stay in contact with your boss.
Oftentimes, when you work from a home office, you will need to use your own office equipment and provide a quiet workplace that’s distraction free. Sometimes a company will provide you with the equipment to perform your job, but that’s a rare occasion.
When considering telecommuting for your full time position; be well informed about the process so your employers can see that your work performance won’t decrease but increase by working at home part time.
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