Ahhhh, this would be a dream come true. Considering I work in THE LARGEST MEDICAL CENTER IN THE WORLD! No, I didn't scream that out loud. Just sayn'.
I do have to say that commuting to work in the morning only takes me 25 minutes, and I drive a Prius C. So at 54 miles per gallon, I think I'm helping the environment and my pocket.
But suffice it to say, not everyone owns a hybrid vehicle or a Volt so yes
, letting employees work close to home would be peachy.
Giving credit to TIME,
I'd like to thank them for showing us the many ways we can help
save the environment. Just one person can make a difference,
and
it starts with YOU!
~ Peter aka Blade7184
13. Let Employees Work Close to Home
Sitting in gridlock wastes your time and the planet's fuel. The only
solution, it seems, is to move your home next to the office. But what
if you could move the office a little closer to home?
That, in essence, is the concept called proximate commuting. It works
best for companies with multiple locations in one metro area. Gene
Mullins, a software developer in Seattle, created a program that helps
firms slash the time employees spend driving by matching them with work
closer to home.
Mullins did studies for Starbucks, Key Bank, Boeing and, most recently,
Seattle's fire department. He found that only 4% of the firefighters
worked at the station closest to their home; some commuted 145 miles
each way. At Boeing, daily commutes of its 80,000 Puget Sound employees
total 85 circumnavigations of the earth. Using Mullins' program, some
Key Bank branches reduced commutes of some workers 69%. Still, only
about 20% of its employees work at the branch closest to their home,
Mullins says. Yet escaping rush-hour traffic is its own reward. "For
the same pay and the same job, who wouldn't want a shorter commute?"
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