Across the globe, more employees than ever before are now working from home. While the pandemic forced some companies’ hands, this work-at-home revolution has been a long time coming.

And enterprise should embrace this change, if only for its own self interest.

The benefits of allowing employees to work from home are well established over decades of research. Employees, by and large, are more productive at home and they report higher job satisfaction. A remote workforce saves enterprise enormous costs in office expenses, and makes a company more competitive: Remote options increase a company’s ability to attract and retain the best employees as well as its ability to have 24-hour coverage from locations around the globe.