Should you let your employees work from home?

SHOULD YOU LET YOUR EMPLOYEES WORK FROM HOME? Today, many companies offer their employees the option to work from home, even if they live relatively close to the office. But common sense tells us that for some employees, this may not be the best option. As you can imagine, some unsupervised employees would sooner fill their day playing World of Warcraft than actually working. This decision tree will help you decide if you should let your employees work remotely, or if they should be required to work in-house. Do you have the space to accommodate all your employees in an office? Do they work Is there a wealth YES- NO strange hours? of local talent? -NO YES NO YES Do they work as on-site security? NO YES Do they handle raw meat or dead animals? Will only work if they have superpowers rivaling The Flash Is the talent willing to move near your place of business? YES NO Better keep the talent happy NO Only if they have a large kitchen, strong stomach, and lots of industrial- Are they working closely with other employees? strength cleaner YES Are they more efficient workers when they wear sweatpants and sit in their La-Z-Boy? YES NO Can they do all their work on a computer? Better to have them in-house too NO YES Would you saý they are organized and self-motivated? NO YES Let 'em veg out NO YES Do they work with deadly viruses or flesh-eating bacteria? Probably not Should Do they work with be fine "sensitive“ material? YES NO YES- Bad Do they live in their NO Idea mother's basement Not unless you want to be the cause of a or on their own? global pandemic Mother's On their basement own Are they addicted Hourly or salary? to soap operas? Sketchy NO Hourly Salary Can they do all their work on a Would you trust them enough to babysit your children? typewriter? Does their work affect day-to-day in-house activities? Definitely YES NO YES NO Definitely YES NO→ Can you easily track their progress? Computer? NO YES Would you say Probably not they need to be closely managed or are they self- sufficient? NO Let them work from home Bad idea Closely managed Self-sufficient → Definitely mindflash com SHOULD YOU LET YOUR EMPLOYEES WORK FROM HOME? Today, many companies offer their employees the option to work from home, even if they live relatively close to the office. But common sense tells us that for some employees, this may not be the best option. As you can imagine, some unsupervised employees would sooner fill their day playing World of Warcraft than actually working. This decision tree will help you decide if you should let your employees work remotely, or if they should be required to work in-house. Do you have the space to accommodate all your employees in an office? Do they work Is there a wealth YES- NO -> strange hours? of local talent? -NO YES NO YES Do they work as on-site security? NO YES Do they handle raw meat or dead animals? Will only work if they have superpowers rivaling The Flash Is the talent willing to move near your place of business? YES NO Better keep the talent happy NO Only if they have a large kitchen, strong stomach, and lots of industrial- Are they working closely with other employees? strength cleaner YES Are they more efficient workers when they wear sweatpants and sit in their La-Z-Boy? YES NO Can they do all their work on a computer? Better to have them in-house too NO YES Would you saý they are organized and self-motivated? NO YES Let 'em veg out NO YES Do they work with deadly viruses or flesh-eating bacteria? Probably not Should Do they work with be fine "sensitive“ material? YES NO YES- Bad Do they live in their NO Idea mother's basement Not unless you want to be the cause of a or on their own? global pandemic Mother's On their basement own Are they addicted Hourly or salary? to soap operas? Sketchy NO Hourly Salary Can they do all their work on a Would you trust them enough to babysit your children? typewriter? Does their work affect day-to-day in-house activities? Definitely YES NO YES NO Definitely YES NO→ Can you easily track their progress? Computer? NO YES Would you say Probably not they need to be closely managed or are they self- sufficient? NO Let them work from home Bad idea Closely managed Self-sufficient → Definitely mindflash com SHOULD YOU LET YOUR EMPLOYEES WORK FROM HOME? Today, many companies offer their employees the option to work from home, even if they live relatively close to the office. But common sense tells us that for some employees, this may not be the best option. As you can imagine, some unsupervised employees would sooner fill their day playing World of Warcraft than actually working. This decision tree will help you decide if you should let your employees work remotely, or if they should be required to work in-house. Do you have the space to accommodate all your employees in an office? Do they work Is there a wealth YES- NO -> strange hours? of local talent? -NO YES NO YES Do they work as on-site security? NO YES Do they handle raw meat or dead animals? Will only work if they have superpowers rivaling The Flash Is the talent willing to move near your place of business? YES NO Better keep the talent happy NO Only if they have a large kitchen, strong stomach, and lots of industrial- Are they working closely with other employees? strength cleaner YES Are they more efficient workers when they wear sweatpants and sit in their La-Z-Boy? YES NO Can they do all their work on a computer? Better to have them in-house too NO YES Would you saý they are organized and self-motivated? NO YES Let 'em veg out NO YES Do they work with deadly viruses or flesh-eating bacteria? Probably not Should Do they work with be fine "sensitive“ material? YES NO YES- Bad Do they live in their NO Idea mother's basement Not unless you want to be the cause of a or on their own? global pandemic Mother's On their basement own Are they addicted Hourly or salary? to soap operas? Sketchy NO Hourly Salary Can they do all their work on a Would you trust them enough to babysit your children? typewriter? Does their work affect day-to-day in-house activities? Definitely YES NO YES NO Definitely YES NO→ Can you easily track their progress? Computer? NO YES Would you say Probably not they need to be closely managed or are they self- sufficient? NO Let them work from home Bad idea Closely managed Self-sufficient → Definitely mindflash com SHOULD YOU LET YOUR EMPLOYEES WORK FROM HOME? Today, many companies offer their employees the option to work from home, even if they live relatively close to the office. But common sense tells us that for some employees, this may not be the best option. As you can imagine, some unsupervised employees would sooner fill their day playing World of Warcraft than actually working. This decision tree will help you decide if you should let your employees work remotely, or if they should be required to work in-house. Do you have the space to accommodate all your employees in an office? Do they work Is there a wealth YES- NO -> strange hours? of local talent? -NO YES NO YES Do they work as on-site security? NO YES Do they handle raw meat or dead animals? Will only work if they have superpowers rivaling The Flash Is the talent willing to move near your place of business? YES NO Better keep the talent happy NO Only if they have a large kitchen, strong stomach, and lots of industrial- Are they working closely with other employees? strength cleaner YES Are they more efficient workers when they wear sweatpants and sit in their La-Z-Boy? YES NO Can they do all their work on a computer? Better to have them in-house too NO YES Would you saý they are organized and self-motivated? NO YES Let 'em veg out NO YES Do they work with deadly viruses or flesh-eating bacteria? Probably not Should Do they work with be fine "sensitive“ material? YES NO YES- Bad Do they live in their NO Idea mother's basement Not unless you want to be the cause of a or on their own? global pandemic Mother's On their basement own Are they addicted Hourly or salary? to soap operas? Sketchy NO Hourly Salary Can they do all their work on a Would you trust them enough to babysit your children? typewriter? Does their work affect day-to-day in-house activities? Definitely YES NO YES NO Definitely YES NO→ Can you easily track their progress? Computer? NO YES Would you say Probably not they need to be closely managed or are they self- sufficient? NO Let them work from home Bad idea Closely managed Self-sufficient → Definitely mindflash com SHOULD YOU LET YOUR EMPLOYEES WORK FROM HOME? Today, many companies offer their employees the option to work from home, even if they live relatively close to the office. But common sense tells us that for some employees, this may not be the best option. As you can imagine, some unsupervised employees would sooner fill their day playing World of Warcraft than actually working. This decision tree will help you decide if you should let your employees work remotely, or if they should be required to work in-house. Do you have the space to accommodate all your employees in an office? Do they work Is there a wealth YES- NO -> strange hours? of local talent? -NO YES NO YES Do they work as on-site security? NO YES Do they handle raw meat or dead animals? Will only work if they have superpowers rivaling The Flash Is the talent willing to move near your place of business? YES NO Better keep the talent happy NO Only if they have a large kitchen, strong stomach, and lots of industrial- Are they working closely with other employees? strength cleaner YES Are they more efficient workers when they wear sweatpants and sit in their La-Z-Boy? YES NO Can they do all their work on a computer? Better to have them in-house too NO YES Would you saý they are organized and self-motivated? NO YES Let 'em veg out NO YES Do they work with deadly viruses or flesh-eating bacteria? Probably not Should Do they work with be fine "sensitive“ material? YES NO YES- Bad Do they live in their NO Idea mother's basement Not unless you want to be the cause of a or on their own? global pandemic Mother's On their basement own Are they addicted Hourly or salary? to soap operas? Sketchy NO Hourly Salary Can they do all their work on a Would you trust them enough to babysit your children? typewriter? Does their work affect day-to-day in-house activities? Definitely YES NO YES NO Definitely YES NO→ Can you easily track their progress? Computer? NO YES Would you say Probably not they need to be closely managed or are they self- sufficient? NO Let them work from home Bad idea Closely managed Self-sufficient → Definitely mindflash com SHOULD YOU LET YOUR EMPLOYEES WORK FROM HOME? Today, many companies offer their employees the option to work from home, even if they live relatively close to the office. But common sense tells us that for some employees, this may not be the best option. As you can imagine, some unsupervised employees would sooner fill their day playing World of Warcraft than actually working. This decision tree will help you decide if you should let your employees work remotely, or if they should be required to work in-house. Do you have the space to accommodate all your employees in an office? Do they work Is there a wealth YES- NO -> strange hours? of local talent? -NO YES NO YES Do they work as on-site security? NO YES Do they handle raw meat or dead animals? Will only work if they have superpowers rivaling The Flash Is the talent willing to move near your place of business? YES NO Better keep the talent happy NO Only if they have a large kitchen, strong stomach, and lots of industrial- Are they working closely with other employees? strength cleaner YES Are they more efficient workers when they wear sweatpants and sit in their La-Z-Boy? YES NO Can they do all their work on a computer? Better to have them in-house too NO YES Would you saý they are organized and self-motivated? NO YES Let 'em veg out NO YES Do they work with deadly viruses or flesh-eating bacteria? Probably not Should Do they work with be fine "sensitive“ material? YES NO YES- Bad Do they live in their NO Idea mother's basement Not unless you want to be the cause of a or on their own? global pandemic Mother's On their basement own Are they addicted Hourly or salary? to soap operas? Sketchy NO Hourly Salary Can they do all their work on a Would you trust them enough to babysit your children? typewriter? Does their work affect day-to-day in-house activities? Definitely YES NO YES NO Definitely YES NO→ Can you easily track their progress? Computer? NO YES Would you say Probably not they need to be closely managed or are they self- sufficient? NO Let them work from home Bad idea Closely managed Self-sufficient → Definitely mindflash com