What are the Costs to Telecommunications?

So you maybe asking just how much does it cost for telecommunications to actually working? I will take you into the business world of American Bank Corporations (ABC) to give you an example of just how much goes into the cost. One of the top manages at ABC had to relocate and this was not good for the company due to already losing out on some of their top level employees and they were not about to let go of another so they had to come up with a solution for this problem. The CEO came up with the idea of their employee (his name is Glenn) to try out telecommunications. The company was taking a risk with this new idea and did not know much about the cost factors that would need to go into this experiment and neither did Glenn. For starters Glenn needed to provide an office in his own home where he could work so he spent some money out of his own pocket for office furniture which the company would not provide for him which we all know how much money goes into office furniture depending on an individuals preferences, the comfort of a chair, how big of a desk you will need, and other accessories you need to accommodate for furniture you could be talking around $50.00 if you just use a fold out table and a fold up chair and if you prefer what a normal office would be you could be looking in the thousands range. Glenn also needed a fax machine in order to keep contact with his clients and the workers he managed and ABC would not provide the cost of this expense either and the standard cost of a fax machine is around the price range of $30.00-$100.00 depending on the level you need it to function. There are other cost factors that you yourself will need to provide for yourself if you are a telecommuter in the business world working from home but these are the most demanding costs along with if you need an additional phone line for your house in order to keep your work separate from you personal phone calls. ABC however did pay Glenn's phone line as it was connected directly through them which the technicians set up but if you need an additional work line then it would have to come out of your own pocket. On the business owners side the cost of one or more of their employees telecommuting they need to provide the costs of new hardware, telecommunications equipment, and software in order for their employees to work as though they were actually physically in the office. On average computer costs and associated hardware is on average around $3,200 per person, phone lines to be wired to the business for a telecommute worker working from home is around $100-$500 per person. The benefits of an employee working from home however saves around $5,000 in cubical savings. So after reading about some of the costs that goes into both the business side and your own pocket do you think that the company should pay for all expenses such as furniture and other necessities that are needed in order for an employee who telecommutes or should the employee be paying more?

Here is a video that will go more in-depth about telecommunication costs if you work a home business.

Enjoy!