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Benefits of Remote Work
Speaker 1
0:00
Hello
,
it's
Alex
from
Remote
Work
Life
here
.
I
hope
you're
doing
well
,
wherever
you
may
be
in
the
world
,
and
thank
you
for
listening
to
me
.
If
you're
new
to
the
podcast
,
then
you're
very
,
very
welcome
.
If
you're
a
regular
listener
,
thank
you
for
coming
back
and
listening
to
me
and
I
hope
whatever
I'm
putting
out
there
is
of
use
to
you
and
,
of
course
,
I'm
open
to
feedback
.
If
you're
enjoying
the
podcast
,
then
please
let
me
know
.
Please
get
in
touch
and
I'll
give
you
details
later
on
in
terms
of
how
you
can
do
that
.
Speaker 1
0:31
But
today
I
want
to
start
by
asking
you
a
question
have
you
ever
thought
about
hiring
people
on
a
remote
basis
?
Or
,
conversely
,
have
you
thought
about
allowing
members
of
your
current
team
to
work
remotely
?
If
that
is
the
case
,
then
you're
probably
thinking
about
the
effects
it
may
have
on
the
business
You're
thinking
about
.
You
know
,
if
you're
hiring
,
you
think
about
the
sort
of
person
that
you
want
in
terms
of
I
don't
know
the
skills
that
they
need
,
the
type
of
person
that
they
need
to
be
.
All
those
sorts
of
things
are
on
your
checklist
and
that's
only
natural
and
in
my
experience
of
hiring
because
you
know
I've
done
a
lot
of
hiring
in
my
time
when
I've
either
been
speaking
to
clients
who
want
to
hire
.
More
often
than
not
they
lead
with
the
sorts
of
things
that
they
need
,
their
wants
and
their
needs
,
and
if
you
are
,
you
know
again
,
I
spoke
to
hiring
managers
as
well
where
they
talk
about
the
sort
of
fit
that
they
need
for
the
team
and
then
,
when
they
think
about
attracting
people
,
they
go
on
to
list
benefits
,
for
example
.
People
.
They
go
on
to
list
benefits
,
for
example
,
and
often
the
lists
of
benefits
are
very
much
the
same
from
one
person
or
from
one
business
to
another
.
So
,
for
example
,
insurance
,
life
insurance
,
things
like
25
days
holiday
or
wherever
it
may
be
,
things
like
pool
table
,
free
breakfast
,
all
those
sorts
of
things
.
Speaker 1
2:05
But
what
I
would
urge
you
to
do
is
,
when
you're
hiring
,
yes
,
think
about
those
sorts
of
things
,
but
also
think
about
things
from
the
perspective
of
the
person
that
you're
hiring
.
So
try
to
really
empathize
with
the
person
who
eventually
will
become
part
of
your
business
,
and
I
think
that
way
you
will
begin
to
see
things
more
from
their
point
of
view
and
I
think
you'll
be
able
to
make
much
more
of
an
attractive
proposition
when
you
come
to
market
this
particular
opportunity
or
,
you
know
,
to
attract
people
to
that
particular
role
and
really
I
mean
you
all
know
that
I'm
a
fan
,
I'm
a
big
advocate
of
remote
work
and
I
think
I
mean
there's
a
,
there's
a
number
of
reasons
why
,
when
you're
hiring
,
it
makes
sense
to
hire
people
on
a
remote
basis
,
or
at
least
it
makes
sense
to
really
think
about
implementing
remote
into
your
way
of
work
,
to
believe
that
you're
either
remote
.
You
should
either
be
remote
or
not
.
There's
no
halfway
house
and
I
agree
with
that
.
I
think
you
should
either
be
remote
or
not
.
But
I
mean
really
what
I
want
to
focus
on
today
,
like
I
said
before
,
is
really
think
about
the
person
who
you're
hiring
.
And
that
in
itself
leads
me
to
really
want
to
talk
about
the
reasons
hiring
remote
makes
sense
and
because
when
you're
hiring
remotely
,
you're
really
putting
people
first
.
I
believe
I
really
think
that
you're
putting
people
first
and
in
doing
so
you
will
experience
the
benefits
to
your
business
.
So
that
should
come
first
,
and
I've
come
up
with
a
number
of
reasons
as
to
why
,
which
I
mean
relate
to
me
and
people
who
I've
spoken
to
on
a
remote
basis
,
and
some
of
these
reasons
why
it
makes
sense
to
hire
remotely
are
backed
by
statistics
and
backed
by
facts
as
well
.
So
let
me
just
give
you
a
rundown
of
the
reasons
why
so
.
Speaker 1
4:27
Number
one
reason
and
I
mean
again
,
these
are
in
no
particular
order
,
as
as
ever
,
remote
workers
are
more
productive
,
and
this
is
something
that
I've
experienced
myself
I
my
productivity
levels
,
I
think
went
through
the
roof
.
I
was
when
I
started
to
work
remotely
.
It
just
became
,
I
just
became
my
mind
,
my
mind
became
clear
.
Um
,
I
was
able
to
organize
my
own
day
,
I
felt
independent
,
I
felt
empowered
,
and
that's
what
you
give
somebody
.
You
give
somebody
that
empowerment
when
you
hire
them
on
a
remote
basis
.
That's
that's
why
keep
saying
think
about
the
person
as
opposed
to
thinking
about
your
wishlist
.
First
,
think
about
how
you
can
empower
your
potential
hire
.
And
I
think
remote
you
know
,
allowing
people
to
work
remotely
is
one
of
those
ways
you
can
do
that
.
And
the
sorry
,
the
Global
,
sorry
Workplace
Analytics
Costs
and
Benefits
Survey
shows
that
teleworkers
in
a
number
of
large
companies
are
actually
between
35%
and
40%
more
productive
than
their
office
counterparts
.
And
again
,
obviously
,
if
your
team
is
more
productive
,
then
they're
going
to
get
more
work
done
.
They're
going
to
be
probably
more
efficient
in
the
way
in
which
they
get
their
work
done
.
That's
going
to
no
doubt
have
an
impact
on
your
bottom
line
.
So
,
yeah
,
it
pays
,
I
think
,
to
and
I'll
keep
saying
it
to
be
empathetic
when
you're
thinking
about
hiring
or
you're
thinking
about
how
your
team
is
going
to
be
working
in
the
future
.
So
that's
number
one
more
productivity
.
You'll
experience
that
,
I
believe
,
and
I
experienced
that
for
myself
personally
.
Speaker 1
6:10
Number
two
not
having
to
commute
can
improve
your
health
.
Now
,
for
me
,
it
was
more
mindset
than
actual
health
and
mental
health
for
me
,
when
I
started
to
work
remotely
,
I
noticed
a
difference
in
how
I
felt
when
I
got
to
work
.
Obviously
,
when
you're
working
remotely
,
working
in
a
distributed
team
,
your
community
is
going
to
be
a
lot
less
,
or
it's
going
to
be
to
somewhere
where
you
want
to
work
and
where
you
want
to
be
,
somewhere
where
you're
comfortable
being
,
whereas
if
you're
,
for
example
,
on
the
london
underground
,
well
,
in
fact
,
let's
go
a
step
back
if
you're
at
home
and
you
are
preparing
yourself
for
that
commute
,
you're
thinking
about
having
to
face
whether
this
is
subliminal
or
whether
this
is
sort
of
you
proactively
thinking
this
.
You're
thinking
about
facing
the
hordes
of
people
shoving
you
and
being
cramped
up
in
the
,
the
tube
,
train
and
or
,
you
know
,
being
stuck
in
traffic
.
All
these
kinds
of
things
.
You're
thinking
about
,
contending
with
those
things
before
you
even
get
to
work
,
so
that
that
presents
a
layer
of
I
suppose
a
layer
of
of
stress
.
Yeah
,
you've
got
to
overcome
that
before
you've
even
started
your
day's
work
,
whereas
you
know
,
if
you're
completely
eliminating
that
commute
,
there's
nothing
there
to
really
sort
of
,
there's
no
barriers
,
I
guess
,
and
there's
nothing
to
weigh
on
your
mind
.
To
weigh
on
your
mind
.
Speaker 1
7:50
And
again
,
55%
of
people
reported
increased
levels
of
stress
due
to
their
daily
commute
,
according
to
a
report
by
the
UK
Royal
Society
for
Public
Health
,
and
this
was
also
cited
by
Forbes
magazine
.
So
again
,
some
statistics
to
back
it
up
.
And
again
,
if
you
can
give
your
workers
,
your
future
workers
,
the
gift
of
not
having
to
commute
,
then
you
will
probably
experience
and
I'm
sure
there
are
probably
anecdotes
to
this
and
probably
testimonials
on
this
to
me
now
and
your
team
has
.
You've
experienced
any
of
these
things
on
your
team
?
Please
get
in
touch
because
I'd
love
to
hear
your
story
and
perhaps
you
could
even
come
on
the
podcast
and
talk
to
us
about
it
.
So
,
not
having
to
commute
,
that's
a
big
thing
for
me
,
and
actually
not
having
to
commute
,
it's
actually
overlaps
into
another
one
of
the
points
that
I'm
going
to
make
in
a
little
while
.
So
let's
get
to
point
number
three
.
Your
work-life
balance
can
be
greatly
improved
and
again
,
this
is
something
that
I
experienced
and
it
really
is
the
case
.
There's
no
denying
this
one
.
Speaker 1
8:58
In
fact
,
I
was
reading
an
article
on
by
Emma
.
Her
name
is
Emma
Dickinson
and
she
is
a
business
development
manager
for
a
company
called
the
Virtual
Training
Team
,
and
she
wrote
an
article
about
her
experiences
of
working
remotely
,
and
she's
a
parent
as
well
.
Like
me
,
she
has
three
children
,
as
I
do
,
and
when
I
was
working
in
an
office
and
it
seems
like
she's
experienced
this
as
well
you
find
that
obviously
most
of
your
time
is
dedicated
to
work
,
and
in
my
case
,
when
I
first
started
out
,
when
I
first
started
my
family
,
I
had
very
little
time
left
for
my
family
,
if
any
at
all
,
and
it
kind
of
really
got
to
me
.
So
,
for
example
,
I
was
working
till
nine
o'clock
at
night
sometimes
and
they
were
already
in
bed
by
the
time
I
got
home
.
So
there
were
times
when
I
could
go
four
or
five
days
without
seeing
them
until
the
morning
,
and
when
I
was
up
in
the
morning
,
I
was
rushing
to
get
out
while
they
were
going
on
the
school
run
,
so
it
was
just
almost
like
ships
passing
in
the
night
.
Sometimes
it
was
,
it
was
just
really
it
was
not
on
it
.
I
didn't
enjoy
that
time
in
my
life
at
all
and
that's
when
I
knew
I
had
to
do
something
Benefits of Remote Work in Society
Speaker 1
10:18
about
it
.
Speaker 1
10:18
And
Emma
talks
about
this
is
is
that
when
you
work
from
home
,
it
just
gives
you
that
opportunity
,
or
not
just
home
but
work
remotely
.
It
gives
you
an
opportunity
to
have
more
time
,
even
if
it's
an
hour
,
so
you
can
I
don't
know
take
your
kids
to
school
or
pick
them
up
from
the
after-school
club
or
just
just
do
stuff
with
them
,
do
their
homework
,
and
it's
just
so
,
it's
just
,
it's
just
just
great
.
And
I
think
obviously
it's
going
to
have
an
impact
on
on
the
children
as
well
,
because
when
they
,
when
they
see
that
I'm
involved
,
that
they
,
you
just
be
building
a
relationship
with
your
children
and
that
should
be
something
that
goes
goes
without
saying
.
But
unfortunately
,
you
know
if
in
our
society
today
and
the
way
we
work
,
it
doesn't
often
allow
us
to
do
that
,
you
know
,
and
,
and
it's
a
shame
,
and
that's
why
I
say
being
,
if
you're
hiring
or
thinking
about
allowing
people
to
work
remotely
,
this
is
the
gift
that
you're
giving
them
.
You're
giving
them
that
gift
of
creating
more
rounded
families
and
more
balanced
families
and
allowing
them
to
have
their
family
life
as
well
.
Speaker 1
11:22
And
in
fact
,
I've
thought
of
another
point
which
remote
work
enabled
me
to
do
and
I
,
in
fact
,
before
I
go
on
to
that
,
I
would
urge
you
to
check
out
Emma's
,
emma's
article
,
because
it's
something
that
really
,
I
think
many
people
,
especially
mothers
,
I
think
,
would
appreciate
because
,
again
,
as
as
working
moms
,
you
you
often
have
to
,
not
not
just
working
moms
,
but
more
often
not
working
moms
when
they're
at
home
with
their
children
,
who
their
infant
children
,
they
will
sometimes
have
to
take
a
hit
on
their
career
and
what
?
What
I
mean
by
that
is
they'll
probably
take
time
away
from
their
career
because
their
employer
might
not
allow
them
to
continue
,
or
it
may
not
be
practical
for
them
to
continue
,
whatever
reason
.
And
working
remotely
allows
for
you
to
enable
working
moms
to
actually
continue
to
do
work
,
and
often
work
just
as
effectively
as
they
did
when
they
were
at
home
while
raising
their
children
.
So
I
mean
,
think
about
that
,
think
about
the
talent
that
you
are
missing
out
on
if
you
close
off
,
if
you're
closed
to
remote
working
,
if
you
close
off
,
if
you're
closed
to
remote
working
.
You
know
it
just
has
.
There's
just
so
many
benefits
to
be
had
and
,
again
,
that's
why
I
urge
you
to
empathise
with
people
who
you
know
well
,
not
just
with
people
who
you
want
to
employ
,
but
people
within
your
team
.
And
what
you
may
find
is
,
from
all
of
this
,
it
may
,
as
I
said
,
it
will
reciprocate
in
the
sense
that
you
will
have
a
much
happier
team
.
I
believe
you
will
have
a
much
more
productive
team
.
And
again
,
all
of
that
will
impact
on
your
bottom
line
and
the
way
in
which
your
employees
look
upon
you
.
They'll
look
at
you
differently
,
I
think
,
than
other
employees
other
employees
anyway
.
So
,
yeah
,
have
a
look
at
Emma's
article
.
I'd
certainly
say
that
.
Speaker 1
13:31
So
,
yeah
,
the
point
I
was
going
to
make
,
the
additional
point
I
was
going
to
make
,
was
working
remotely
enabled
me
to
really
get
more
involved
with
my
local
community
,
because
there
was
a
point
at
which
I
organised
and
I
ran
an
after-school
club
.
I
did
a
software
development
,
software
coding
after-school
club
for
children
between
the
age
of
I
think
it
was
six
up
until
the
age
of
10
and
11
.
And
there
was
no
way
I
would
have
been
able
to
do
that
,
or
well
,
I
can't
say
no
way
for
certain
,
but
working
remotely
made
it
much
more
viable
and
much
more
possible
for
me
to
do
that
,
because
I
was
able
to
balance
my
work
with
the
after
school
club
.
So
,
yeah
,
think
about
the
societal
benefit
or
the
benefits
to
society
that
people
who
work
remotely
can
do
.
They
can
be
much
more
involved
in
their
communities
,
much
more
involved
in
that
development
side
.
And
if
,
again
,
if
,
you
have
an
anecdote
,
a
story
of
how
you
,
how
your
experience
of
working
remotely
has
enabled
you
to
be
more
involved
with
not
just
your
family
and
the
work
like
balance
side
of
things
,
if
you
have
an
example
,
again
get
in
touch
because
I'd
love
to
hear
from
you
,
I'd
love
to
hear
your
story
and
,
if
possible
,
get
you
on
the
on
the
podcast
as
well
.
So
,
yeah
,
that's
my
additional
point
.
So
,
yeah
,
number
five
then
,
because
that
was
number
four
,
I
believe
.
Speaker 1
14:59
So
,
yeah
,
number
five
on
the
list
is
remote
work
is
environmentally
friendly
.
Now
,
I
don't
have
hard
and
fast
statistics
on
this
,
but
for
me
it
stands
to
reason
that
this
would
be
the
case
.
And
,
again
,
from
the
point
of
view
of
people
who
you're
hiring
,
there
are
lots
more
people
these
days
,
I
believe
,
or
at
least
there's
more
,
I
guess
,
publicity
around
the
way
that
the
environment
is
changing
and
what
you'll
find
is
a
lot
more
people
are
more
aware
of
this
and
a
lot
more
people
want
to
be
able
to
contribute
to
helping
the
environment
to
regenerate
itself
,
or
to
,
if
not
,
regenerate
itself
,
but
improve
.
So
there's
a
lot
more
people
who
are
aware
.
So
imagine
if
you
can
offer
somebody
the
option
to
work
remotely
and
therefore
allow
them
to
,
or
enable
them
to
,
perhaps
not
use
their
car
or
take
an
aer
,
or
use
a
,
I
don't
know
,
whatever
it
may
be
.
Take
the
bus
,
because
even
the
bus
I
know
the
bus
,
some
of
the
buses
are
becoming
more
,
uh
,
environmentally
friendly
,
but
I'm
sure
what
I'm
sure
of
is
that
if
more
and
more
people
work
remotely
,
then
there
are
fewer
cars
on
the
road
,
and
that
in
itself
can
have
a
benefit
.
You
know
so
,
and
in
turn
you
can
have
this
as
an
initiative
,
in
a
way
within
your
organisation
,
that
you
want
to
take
cars
off
the
road
and
,
in
turn
,
that
may
want
to
attract
people
who
are
of
that
mindset
as
well
,
and
again
they'll
look
at
you
,
they'll
view
you
as
somebody
who's
really
,
I
suppose
,
not
necessarily
an
activist
as
such
,
but
trying
,
is
trying
to
do
their
bit
,
because
we
can
only
do
so
much
,
but
we
can
.
You
know
,
we
all
have
to
start
somewhere
.
So
I
think
it's
something
that
can
be
looked
upon
favorably
,
favorably
by
other
people
.
So
that's
number
five
,
the
environmental
benefits
.
And
again
,
if
you've
got
any
stats
,
hard's
number
five
,
the
environmental
benefits
.
And
again
,
if
you've
got
any
stats
,
hard
and
fast
stats
about
the
environmental
benefits
of
remote
work
,
specifically
get
in
touch
because
I'd
love
to
hear
them
.
So
that's
number
five
.
Speaker 1
17:14
Number
six
on
my
list
is
it
gives
access
to
people
who
can't
commute
for
whatever
reason
,
who
can't
get
to
your
place
of
work
for
whatever
reason
.
They
may
be
hundreds
of
miles
away
,
or
thousands
of
miles
away
even
,
or
they
may
have
some
sort
of
I
don't
know
disability
that
means
that
they're
unable
to
commute
or
be
unable
to
take
the
train
or
something
along
those
lines
,
or
I
don't
know
what
it
may
be
.
But
it
just
offers
,
it
just
widens
an
opportunity
for
other
people
who
probably
wouldn't
normally
work
because
they
can't
access
your
,
your
place
of
work
.
It
allows
them
to
have
access
to
that
opportunity
as
well
.
So
I
think
that's
a
great
reason
too
,
number
that's
.
So
that
was
number
six
.
Speaker 1
18:07
Number
seven
on
my
list
Generally
speaking
,
it
just
allows
for
a
much
more
diverse
workforce
and
diverse
in
terms
of
people
from
different
nationalities
,
people
of
diversity
of
thought
,
and
that
can
only
serve
to
enrich
your
business
,
to
enrich
what
you
do
,
to
really
put
you
in
a
position
where
there's
so
much
more
creativity
,
there's
so
much
more
thought
around
what
you're
doing
,
and
that
you
know
if
,
obviously
,
if
you're
choosing
the
right
people
,
that
can
only
benefit
your
business
,
you
know
.
So
there
is
,
I
mean
,
seven
reasons
as
to
why
hiring
remote
workers
makes
sense
.
And
,
as
I
said
,
from
the
point
of
view
not
just
the
point
of
view
of
your
business
,
but
the
point
of
view
of
the
people
who
you
hire
Think
about
the
people
that
you're
hiring
.
When
you
are
hiring
,
put
them
first
,
because
that's
what
we
I
mean
as
as
a
recruiter
myself
,
as
a
coach
myself
.
This
is
what
I
preach
to
people
who
are
looking
for
roles
.
I
always
say
to
them
don't
think
about
your
own
needs
and
your
own
wants
first
.
Think
about
the
,
the
needs
and
the
desires
of
the
person
who
is
is
doing
the
hiring
.
What
do
they
want
?
You
know
how
can
you
help
them
,
empathize
with
them
.
So
it
only
makes
sense
for
you
to
do
the
same
thing
when
you
are
hiring
think
about
the
needs
and
wants
of
the
people
who
you're
hiring
,
as
well
as
,
obviously
,
the
,
you
know
,
the
,
the
,
the
checklist
of
things
that
you
need
,
the
,
the
skills
,
all
of
those
sorts
of
things
.
So
,
yeah
,
I
mean
,
that's
it
for
me
.
Speaker 1
19:48
I
wanted
to
keep
it
nice
and
short
but
at
the
same
time
,
as
I
said
at
the
top
of
the
show
,
please
get
in
touch
if
you
have
ideas
for
the
show
,
if
you'd
like
to
be
interviewed
on
the
show
,
because
we're
getting
some
really
serious
numbers
now
in
terms
of
people
downloading
the
show
,
uh
,
people
listening
to
the
show
.
So
we're
doing
something
right
,
or
I'm
doing
something
right
.
I
think
of
those
people
that
are
coming
back
.
Um
,
I
,
yeah
,
it's
,
it'd
be
good
to
to
know
,
to
hear
from
you
,
to
to
know
what
you
want
to
hear
,
who
you
want
to
,
who
you
want
me
to
interview
,
who
do
you
want
me
to
to
interview
on
the
show
?
What
do
?
What
kind
of
who
do
you
want
me
to
interview
on
the
show
?
What
kind
of
things
do
you
want
me
to
do
with
the
show
?
Speaker 1
20:27
Because
obviously
I'm
just
going
based
off
of
research
and
I
also
obviously
have
a
community
on
where
I
get
lots
of
feedback
,
and
generally
the
feedback
about
remote
work
is
the
supposed
scams
and
the
dubious
roles
that
are
advertised
,
but
there's
so
much
more
that
we
have
to
learn
about
remote
work
,
and
what
I
want
to
do
as
part
of
this
podcast
is
really
begin
to
put
remote
businesses
like
yours
on
the
map
,
because
I
just
think
that
it's
just
something
that
isn't
talked
Tech Businesses Making a Difference
Speaker 1
21:00
about
enough
.
Speaker 1
21:00
Yes
,
fair
enough
,
it's
been
talked
about
a
lot
more
now
,
and
that's
only
good
,
but
so
few
people
,
I
believe
,
are
aware
of
some
of
the
great
work
that
remote
businesses
are
doing
in
the
world
,
and
many
of
the
businesses
are
tech
businesses
,
and
I
believe
that
tech
is
positioned
to
really
make
a
difference
in
the
world
if
used
in
the
right
way
.
So
,
yeah
,
get
in
touch
.
My
details
are
in
the
show
notes
and
that's
the
right
way
.
So
,
yeah
,
get
in
touch
.
My
details
are
in
the
show
notes
and
that's
the
main
way
in
which
I
urge
you
to
get
in
contact
with
me
.
Say
hello
on
LinkedIn
,
connect
with
me
,
let
me
know
that
you
saw
me
or
you
found
me
via
the
Remote
Work
Life
podcast
,
and
we
can
get
the
conversation
going
from
there
,
and
I
look
forward
to
speaking
to
you
soon
on
another
show
.
Thanks
,
and
have
a
good
week
.
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