Most problems to do with homeworking can easily be overcome. Many of us have done it for a decade or more very effectively. And in an era when (unless we do enter the recession the doom mongers are predicting) in most sectors it is still difficult to recruit good people, survey after survey says that offering the option for employees/freelancers to WFH either part of the time or all the time widens the scope of excellent, highly qualified and experienced people to hire enormously for a number of reasons. Firstly that the majority of candidates now want that option, and will refuse a job that doesn’t offer at least some kind of flexible working, and secondly it allows organisations to expand the pool of recruits beyond the immediate vicinity of the office, including overseas. Many overseas organisations have been doing it for years, while the British, until the pandemic, have been pretty slow to trust their staff, and have wanted them in the office during working hours. Managers need to focus on results, not time input. Of course, there are many roles that can't be undertaken from home, but very many can.
Claire Moran ● 1609d