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When exploring the reasons why green businesses would benefit from hiring people who telecommute, probably one of the most obvious ones is that when people are working from home, they are not using gas to drive into the office and the less emissions that are in the air, the better it is for everyone. It keeps workers safer. Definitely.
In a widely circulated 2014 white paper titled “Challenging the modern myths of remote working,” the company, known as a pioneer in telecommuting, highlighted the various benefits of hiring remote workers: time-saving advantages, positive environmental impacts and higher rates of employee engagement, productivity and happiness.
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Come tax time, they may be able to deduct a lot of their home office-related expenses. Of course, there is a flip side to the often glorious world of telecommuting. If you are thinking about moving in the near future to a city that has more telecommuting options, look at places that have an extra room where you can set up for work.
In fact, you’re so relaxed you haven’t bothered to lock the doors, you don’t hesitate to brag to everyone in the grocery store that you work from home and anyone can look in the window and see all your nice, expensive office equipment. It's naive for people to believe rising violence in the workplace will not follow them home.
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