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Remote Office Centers - Secure, reliable, professional office space in a location near you.
Advantages over traditional centralized office environments:
  • For the employee
    • Savings in fuel, automobile depreciation and time.
    • Lower stress levels for employees who no longer have to get up early and deal with all of the stress of driving through rush hour traffic.
    • Wasted time. Many people spend eight hours in the office each day and two hours in their car commuting. This means that workers spend one fifth of their work day getting to and from work.
    • Quality and cost of housing. Remote workers can live where ever they want rather than where the job takes them.
  • For the employer
    • The option to hire from a larger candidate pool. Get the best candidate - not just the candidate that lives near the office.
    • More flexibility for adding employees as needed when the company grows.
    • Potentially Lower cost office space for many companies. Downtown offices are usually located around the most expensive real estate in the city. Remote suburban office locations have lower per/square foot costs and do not require expensive parking facilities (which can cost as much as $200 - $300 per employee per month.)
Advantages over traditional telecommuting:
  • Professional grade network (including firewalls), phone service and work space.
  • Onsite technical support for network issues.
  • Professionally managed security system (which may include card scanner systems for logging employee attendance.) Some ROC providers, such as OfficeScape, can provide certification of facilities for organizations that have specific security/facility requirements.
  • Freedom from distractions around the home. (Many homes do not have private work areas.)
  • Separation of work and home so that employees can go to work to start the day, and leave work at the end of the day when work is done.
  • Daily social contact. Many home telecommuters feel isolated working at home. In fact many self employed workers have started working at Coworking Facilities because of the desire for social contact and a chance to work around other like minded entrepreneurs.
Remote Office Centers or Home Telecommuting? Which is better?
  • Are the facilities (ie. office, internet, phone) at home reliable?
  • Is the home environment conducive (privacy, distractions, and social issues) to getting work done?
  • Are there security, management or support issues with home telecommuting that can be better handled in a remote office environment?
  • The Workout Analogy
    • The way that people exercise is a good analogy for telecommuting. Some people are able to effectively maintain a strong exercise routine in their home using home equipment. Others find that they can only maintain an effective workout when they exercise in a professional gym.
    • The issues are only partially based on equipment. Some people will tell you that they have a hard time maintaining a routine unless they can "go to the gym". It is the same for teleworkers. Some people need a place to go to focus on work. ROCs can meet the needs for these employees, by providing professional/secure office space in a location that is close and convenient for employees no matter where they live.
Savings for society, government and employers:
  • The cost of continually upgrading roadways along commuter corridors is putting a severe strain on government budgets. All of this money has to come from tax payers.
  • Many workers waste one fifth of their day on the road. This is literally unpaid, non-productive overtime.
  • Every mile driven adds green house gases into the atmosphere.
  • Depending on the price of oil, the US spends between 1 and 2 billion dollars per day importing forieng oil. The cost of importing oil puts a constant strain on the economy. Furthermore, the requirement to import foriegn oil dictates foriegn policy, which has far ranging costs and dangers to the US and its citizens.
Summary:
  • Most office workers can work remotely as long as they have support from management and adequate facilities. Home telecommuting works very well for many people, but there are many who do not have adequate facilities and prefer the structure that comes from working in an office outside the home. Remote Office Centers provide structure and infrastructure for office workers around the county who are tired of spending one fifth of their work day stuck in traffic and a large part of their paycheck on gas so they can get to work.
  • Working from a remote office is good for the economy, employees, employers, the environment and government. Remote Office Centers can make telecommuting a reality for a high percentage of office workers, rather than the small percentage who currently home telecommute.