What are the advantages of employing remote workers?

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Hiring remote workers doesn't only lead to real estate and overhead savings for organizations. It can also provide:

1. An Expanded Remote Hiring Pool
The ability to work from home can expand an organization's hiring pool from local to national or international talent, with relocation no longer a requirement.

2. High-Talent Job Candidates
A more remote and flexible work culture can be a powerful tactic for attracting and engaging top talent -- turning what used to be workplace perks into requirements for securing quality hires.

3. Talent Retention
Remote work can benefit the employee experience. Employees value flexibility in the workplace, including flextime and remote work. And a wide talent pool means competition for talent is only increasing.

4. Organic Improvements in Employee Performance
Remote teams working in the right role with the right support can significantly outshine on-site workers.

Remote work isn't just better for business -- it's better for employees too. Remote employees often have higher engagement and wellbeing than fully on-site workers who can do at least portions of their job remotely.

When employees are required to work fully on-site but prefer a hybrid or fully remote work arrangement, they experience:

Gallup asked workers if they would look for a new job if their employer stopped offering remote work options, and 64% of employees currently working exclusively from home said they would likely look for another job; 29% of hybrid workers said the same.

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