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Workers' suggestions for reducing commuting falls on deaf ears

Workers' suggestions for reducing commuting falls on deaf ears

June Barber, 17 November 2009

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UK workers waste 4.6 million hours a day travelling to work, according to recent research, but their bosses are reluctant to allow them to work more flexibly.

 

The survey of 2,000 adults by Citrix GoToMyPC found that 62% of commuters want to reduce the time they spend going to and from work, 42% find the worst frustration is being stuck in traffic, while 38% cite public transport as a problem and 30% complain about the cost of travel.

Workers think they could reduce their commuting time, the report reveals: 34% say this could be done by home working, 34% suggest varying start and finishing times would help and 22% think technology could be used to enable remote and flexible working.

However, 46% of workers say that bosses present barriers to smarter commuting by not allowing them to work from home or to do more flexible hours.

Andrew Millard, director of eCommerce, EMEA for Citrix Online's GoToMyPC, said: "In this day and age, old working practices dictating that employees must travel vast distances to sit at a desk every day are outdated. As the survey shows, British workers are frustrated by the amount of wasted time caused by long, arduous journeys to and from work. Smart commuting, flexi-time and remote working can offer an ideal solution, giving a range of benefits for employees and employers

 

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HRGoonergirl - 24 November 2009

Why are bosses so obsessed with people being present in the office? For me, it indicates a deep lack of trust in employees to carry out their duties without someone monitoring them, which I find alarming. It seems to be over looked that people can quite happily appear every day and do very little which indicates that this is about a boss exerting power by demanding 100% presenteeism rather than encouraging the wellbeing of the employee and the quality of their work

 

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