Why telecommuting to work is more productive?

Just how much do people love working from home? How stressed are small-business owners? And just how much do today's teens worry about jobs? The answers might surprise you. Here is a closer look at a few of the latest small-business surveys.

Home Sweet Office
How much do employees love telecommuting? According to a new study from Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples, employees who are allowed to work from home love it a lot they'd rather give up a common TV show (54 percent), an additional hour of sleep (48 percent), a popular food (40 percent) as well as part of their salary (40 %) than quit telecommuting. (Quitting sleep I can understand. But ice cream? That would be a sacrifice!)

Telecommuters say working at home means they are happier, healthier and much more productive -- more than 80 % claim it gives them a better work-life balance. But business people have reason to love telecommuting, too: 76 percent of telecommuters not just say they're more willing to work overtime, but they're more loyal employees because of telecommuting.

Stress Levels Rising
Feeling consumed with stress? You're not alone. More than half (52 percent) of small-business owners in the second annual Brother Small Business Survey say their stress levels are greater than usual, if not the highest ever.
What's stressing you out of trouble? It may be "tech downtime" -- 77 percent of small-business owners surveyed say their productivity has suffered within the last year because of office technology no longer working properly. (I'm able to so connect with this.)
Or perhaps it's politics: 41 percent claim it's harder to keep up with state and federal policies than to usher in new customers. That's definitely not the way to encourage job growth.
Are Jobs Becoming Meaningless?
The percentage of U.S. high school seniors who say they'd wish to work even when they'd enough money to live comfortably has declined from 78 percent to 70 % since 1976, the Harvard Business Review recently reported. The study's authors, led by Laura Wray-Lake of Claremont Graduate University, say these numbers suggest today's teens are not as likely to consider their future jobs as meaningful in their lives.
Which makes sense, given that anyone who's caused today's Millennials knows they treasure their personal time. Simultaneously, given the state of the economy, unless they get a windfall or strike it rich being an entrepreneur, your labor pool isn't likely to dry up anytime soon