Employees at the London law firm Stephenson Harwood can work from home on a permanent basis.
If that's your thing, great -- as long as you're willing to take a 20 percent pay cut.
(If you're wondering, the starting salary for a lawyer at the firm is approximately $113,000 per year, so that's a salary reduction of over $22,000.)
Maybe that makes sense, since the firm believes in-person work is important. As a spokesperson told The Guardian, "Like so many firms, we see value in being in the office together regularly, while also being able to offer our people flexibility." That's why staff already have the option to work from home two days a week.
But maybe it doesn't make sense.
As one study shows, remote workers spend more time on "core work" (actually doing their jobs) and nearly 20 percent less time on "communication" (read: chatting, shooting the breeze, "bonding," etc.). As the researchers write:
Knowledge workers, software developers, and IT professionals are all more productive when they work from home.
This was true both at small and medium businesses and large companies (over 500 employees).
Factor in "communication" time and commuting time, and the average employee saves at least three hours -- resulting in a combination of increased productivity and better work-life balance -- when they work remotely.
So why pay full-time remote employees 20 percent less? Are their expectations lower? Doubt it. Are their standards lower? Surely not.
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