In an article published by IBM, the number of people pained by the home to work and back commute was unveiled. People testify in very high percentages to the inconvenience involved in getting to and from work, something that people who work from home don’t have to face. IBM is coining this as Commuter Pain and is allowing people to speak out on their frustrations. With frightening statistics, they are giving us an inside look at how commuting to and from work is causing a major negative impact on their lives.
Missing Work
According to IBM, 27-35% of people around the United States have polled that traffic has gotten so bad; they have turned around and went home. A loss of a day’s income and a waste of gas this seriously makes me wonder why these people bother putting all the extra effort forth to work jobs outside of the home, if not only to make ends meet. If this isn’t bad enough, they also report that 35-45% of Americans have decided not to even bother making a trip as traffic was predicted to be unbearable. These percentages really make me glad that I work from home.
Performance and General Well-being.
The missing work isn’t even the scariest part of this report. It is shown in IBM’s poll that 35-50% of people report increased stress and 28-36% reported anger caused by the commute to and from work. 19-27% report that their commutes have impacted their school or work performance in a negative way.
These percentages only motivate me to succeed in online work and working from home in general, they are shocking. I wasn’t aware, as many people aren’t of the damage caused by commuting to and from places that are necessary to get to. There are even reports of sleep loss. Sleep loss, stress, plummeting work and school performance, anger…Are all of these things we want to deal with as a society? These things add up and most of them can truly prevent living a healthy and happy lifestyle considering most people work from 3-5 days a week on average. 30% of people stated in the survey that they would like the opportunity to work from home, which is why it is my opinion that we should spread the word about how much simpler and efficient it is to work at home and make available many more jobs for people in need.
