Work from home
CAREERS CAREER ADVICE The Ultimate Guide to Working From Home Everything you need to work remotely—for an employer or yourself FACEBOOK TWITTER LINKEDIN By JENNIFER COOK Updated Apr 8, 2020 Even before the global pandemic made working from home temporarily routine for millions, increasing numbers of people had been saying goodbye to their onerous commute to work. Thanks to ever-evolving technologies like Skype, Facetime, Slack, Zoom, Google Hangouts, authenticator apps, and cloud computing—not to mention texting and email—it's no longer necessary to be in an office full-time to be a productive member of the team. In fact, many kinds of work can be done just as effectively, if not more so, from a home office. As appealing as remote work is to employees, it wouldn’t be such a strong trend if employers didn’t also recognize benefits from their side of the desk. Companies with work-from-anywhere policies can boost employee productivity, reduce turnover, and lower organizat...