Virginia Governor - everybody* back in the office July 5th

[avebury]

7. If handled well, teleworking can be a huge benefit to employer and employee.

1. You don't need as large a physical footprint for agencies. Hoteling cubicles can give employees space to work if they need to go into the office.
2. It pushes agencies to move to paperless which results in less money being spent on supplies and being better for the environment.
3. Employees can have more flexible work hours which helps out if you have children, or appointments to go to. I don't have to take leave time to do to the doctor or dentist, I just make up the time.
4. You can't beat the commute time if you only have to walk to your home office. That is less wear and tear on your car and saves you a lot of time.
5. Meetings can be conducted remotely with Teams, Zoom, whatever which saves everyone time because all you have to do is log into what ever app that is being used for a meeting. When I used to have to book in person meetings it was a huge pain in the ass to find an available conference room.
6. Greater flexibility in dealing with emergencies or the weather. If there is an emergency you don't have to drive into the office. I just log on and take care of business.

I have teleworked for over two years now (migrated from Covid Telework to permanent Telework). I don't go into the office unless I have a specific task that needs to be done there.

A lot of times state agencies are limited as to what they can do for their employees. Teleworking is one option that they can allow that makes life for their employees better.

But you do need people who are self-motivated enough to make sure that they take care of business.