One-Third of O2 Staff say They are More Productive Working From Home

Re:One-Third of O2 Staff say They are More Productive Workin... by nodata on Thursday April 05, 2012 @05:46AM (#3801929)

> Employees also saved £9,000 on the day, primarily through the reduction in commuting costs.

Yeah... most people have a season ticket, so that's not correct.

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Re:One-Third of O2 Staff say They are More Productive Workin... by Swannie on Thursday April 05, 2012 @07:06AM (#3802082)

To the best of my knowledge, the O2 HQ in the UK is not in London, it's west of Heathrow airport in Slough.

Most people will either commute via car, or train. As someone who works from home ~3 days a week, and 20% at customer sites, a season ticket is a waste of money - even if you work from home 1 day a week, take out holidays, the season ticket is starting to save you a lot less.

I save £7/$11 a day on transport alone by not going into the office, not to mention the more valuable commute time savings. Food, I spend about the same or slightly less at home, as in the office we've got partially subsidised canteen.

Edit: I forgot to add, I'm putting about half that saving aside to improve my home office environment. The first savings went on a new printer/scanner, the next will soon be a nice high res. second display & maybe stereo bluetooth headphones.

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Re:One-Third of O2 Staff say They are More Productive Workin... by nagrom on Thursday April 05, 2012 @06:00AM (#3801953)

Well, some will drive and a lot will get a coffee or breakfast to drink and eat on the train, and save money too on the cost of lunch which can be made more cheaply at home. Frankly, I'm surprised that it was only £9k...that's only £3/person, i.e. a coffee from Starbucks. I would have expected them to save much more.

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Re:One-Third of O2 Staff say They are More Productive Workin... by gcp on Thursday April 05, 2012 @06:48AM (#3802043)

Fuel costs.

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