Nearly 60% of French employees would like to telework
As part of the “rendez-vous de l’innovation” event, Syntec Numérique and the Odoxa1 polling institute surveyed French employees about this practice. Convinced by the measures proposed by the Prime Minister, a majority would like to be able to “telework” to make their daily lives easier and save money.
French employees and teleworking
- 59% would like to telework
- Work-life balance is the main advantage of teleworking for48% of them
- 52%consider the lack of trust between bosses and employees as the main obstacle to the development of this practice.
- 81% support the “national telework deployment plan” announced by Manuel Valls
The aim of the plan announced by Manuel Valls for 2016 is to encourage the presence of working people in rural areas, but also to reduce air pollution and the carbon footprint.
Telecommuting is still not widespread enough in France, even though it is the dream of a majority of employees: 59% would like to be able to “telecommute” (28% once in a while and 31% at least several times a week). This figure rises to 63% for people living in the Paris region and 71% for executives.
So it’s only natural that 81% of employees approve of the Prime Minister’s announcements.
Enthusiasm motivated by saving time and preserving personal life
Behind their enthusiasm for telecommuting, made possible by digital technology and the tools it offers (remote access to workstations, collaborative tools, instant messaging, audio and video conferencing), employees seevery real advantages in their daily lives:
- a better work-life balance (48%)
- less time lost in transit (46%)
- savings on travel and food costs (36%)
“In some sectors, entire company departments, located in different countries, work and communicate together in real time. This way of working is readily accepted by customers, proof of the maturity of the professional world. It’s worth noting that telecommuting can even become a tool for regional development, as it enables working people to populate less-favored regions. It is also proving to be a potential integration tool for people with reduced mobility, for example. Muriel Barnéoud, President of Syntec Numérique’s Collège éditeurs.
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“These tools have a multiplier effect: the time saved on travel becomes a productivity gain for the company and a quality-of-life gain for the employee. They enable dialogue between employers and employees, with the former seeing it as a way of giving their staff a differentiating advantage; the latter seeing it as an advantage in terms of work comfort and greater autonomy. These are essential values for the younger generation… as well as for the not-so-young”, explains Muriel Barnéoud.
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