Reduced work-related expenses
| - | Decreased office rental costs |
| - | Reduction in travel costs |
| - | Lower recruitment costs |
Increased Effectiveness
| - | Improved Customer Service due to simpler contact procedures, new service options, wider geographic coverage and lower interaction costs. |
| - | Increased productivity due to better communications, fewer distractions, better concentration, less traveling time. |
| - | Improved work quality due to more strategic use of work time and less disruptions. |
| - | Focus on results rather than office politics. |
Increased motivation and job satisfaction
| - | Lower absenteeism |
| - | Increased staff loyalty |
| - | Increased feelings of belonging with the organization. |
| - | Improved collaboration skills. |
| - | Personal control over working time and working conditions. |
| - | Flexibility in balancing personal and professional life. |
| - | Lower stress levels and higher morale. |
| - | Increased autonomy, self-sufficiency, and independence. |
| - | Enhanced creativity from fewer constraints and more variety. |
Wider skills pool and more successful recruitment of workers
| - | Membership is flexible and can include outsiders. |
| - | Increased ability to retain best employees regardless of location. |
| - | People with disabilities can contribute remotely. |
Better usage of information systems
Increased difficulty for managers to motivate employees.
| - | Management resistance and skepticism. |
| - | May be more difficult to establish team spirit. |
Increased difficulty for managers to coordinate and control staff and monitor their performance.
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Difficulty to track down distant team members. |
Cultural barriers may be difficult to overcome.
Increased data security concerns.
Tendency to overwork.
Reduced access to technical support and training.
Reduction of intra-organizational communication.
| - | Reduction in chances of promotion |
| - | Individuals may feel less connection to the overall organization and its vision |
Reduced social interaction can lead to social and professional isolation.