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Telecommuting Benefits Environment, Worker Productivity, Job Satisfaction, and Profits
February 06, 2013 by Steven Rothberg
John Challenger of Challenger, Gray & Christmas
With a new report detailing the growing cost of daily commuting to and from work, one workplace authority wonders if it is time for the nation’s employers to make a serious commitment to expanding the use of telecommuting strategies.
“Right now, a very small fraction of the nation’s workers who could viably work from home on a regular basis are actually doing so. By not expanding the use of telecommuting, employers are negatively impacting the environment, worker productivity, job satisfaction and, most importantly, their bottom lines. And, it is not a lack of technology or other resources that is holding back this expansion. It is simply a lack of vision, a shortage of trust and an irrational adherence to antiquated notions of how and where work should be done,” said John A. Challenger, chief executive officer of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. Continue Reading
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Job Cuts Up From September But Down From a Year Ago
November 01, 2012 by Steven RothbergJohn Challenger of Challenger, Gray & Christmas
Planned job cuts by U.S.-based employers surged 41 percent in October to 47,724, as a spate of layoff announcements in the wake of weak quarterly earnings reports helped push downsizing activity to its highest level in five months, according to the report on monthly job cuts released Thursday by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
The October surge follows a relatively mild September, during which employers announced 33,816 job cuts, which was the second lowest monthly total in the last 22 months. October was the highest job-cut month since May, when 61,887 planned layoffs were announced. It was up 12 percent from the same month a year ago, when employers announced plans to trim payrolls by 42,759 workers. Continue Reading
