Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic, people have been working from home, largely thanks to the high level of digital connectivity that we currently enjoy. Employees obviously prefer to work from home, while employers are also happy with that arrangement as they save a lot on running costs. After the pandemic ended, the trend to work remotely continued and the number of employees who work remotely is rising exponentially.

In this short article, we outline the many benefits that come with working from home.

• Freedom to manage your time – Working remotely using laptops allows you to decide when you work and when you don’t. Of course, you must submit your work according to the agreed timeline and as long as that is done, you have the freedom to work to your own schedule.
• Ability to work from any location – While it might be called ‘working from home’, you can actually work from any location; why not take a holiday in Thailand, or anywhere else for that matter? Some companies expect their employees to come to the office one time per week, while others ask workers to call into the office every 2 weeks.
• No travel costs – This is one of the big advantages of working from home; you can probably save a lot of money this way, plus you reclaim the travelling time that you used to spend in the rush hour.
• No travel time – When you add the total amount of time it takes to go to and from the office, that is a significant amount of time that you can spend doing useful stuff, such as assigned work from your employer.
• No need to dress up – No one likes to get dressed up for work and the good news is, when working from home, you don’t need to. You might need to wear a decent shirt when on Zoom calls, other than that, you can wear what you like.
• Be more productive – The time you used to travel to and from the office can now be used for something productive and for some people that can be as much as 3 hours per day. If you work in that time, you will have more free time than you used to have.
• Spend more time with your family – Ask any remote worker and they will tell you they enjoy spending more time with their loved ones and who wouldn’t want that? Indeed, once you have experienced the freedom of working from home, you won’t want to revert back to going to the office every day.

If you are one of the lucky people who work from home, you are already enjoying the above benefits and if you still work at the office, you could ask your boss if you can join the many Australians who enjoy the freedom and independence of working remotely.