At-home work continues to grow in acceptance by employers and employees are reaping the benefits. In fact, 77% of respondents in a survey conducted by Owl Labs said remote work made them better able to manage a work-life balance.

Employers have also seen benefits in allowing their employees to work from home albeit being less quickly to accept restructuring of business operations. When asked what effect does being able to work remotely some of the time have? 80% of employees stated that they would feel like their employers care and 74% said they would be less likely to leave their job according to Owl Labs.

Poor employee retention can be disastrous for a company leading to loss in time spent offboarding and replacing that employee to the costs associated with turnover. According to Apollo Technical, entry-level employees typically cost up to 50% of their salary to replace.

Drawbacks of Working From Home

Benefits abound for both employers and employees when their workforce is able to work remotely, but it does pose challenges that must be taken care of to keep the machine of commerce operating smoothly and to manage remote employee equipment return in a timely manner.

The loss or damage of company property is a key concern when your workforce is working from home. An employee and employer equipment policy should be established to ensure that items belonging to the company are legally required to be provided to employees and to be returned once they have ceased working for your business.

A work-from-home stipend can also be attached to this policy to cover the cost of supplies needed to work remotely.

The ReadyReturns Advantage

Typically, businesses have not yet set up a procedural process for returning, exchanging and upgrading company property. This can cause items to be lost, misplaced or broken. ReadyReturns provides a designated process for returns through an equipment return software that can easily be taught to employees and made known company-wide through your company’s employment policy.

To make it easy and hassle-free for at-home workers to return a computer or other company property the software features include:

➡️ Box and no-box options.

➡️ Mobile QR Codes for no-label options that recognize your company’s shipping rules and unique packing requirements.

➡️ Tracking-based Action Alert notifications to announce the carrier acceptance scan and return delivery confirmation.

➡️ Reporting and accountability that monitors the movement of every return, what’s in the box, who returned it and when to expect it.

If you’re ready to remove the stress and hassle from company item returns ReadyReturns has you covered!