As access to broadband Internet grows, teleworking has become more widely accepted by businesses and individuals alike. Psychologically, telework can improve the productivity and morale of workers as they are able to do their job from an ideal environment. Can a monetary value be placed on telework? Many surveys on telework have produced similar conclusions –Americans would be willing to take a pay cut for more flexibility to work remotely from home. A recent survey, however, has uncovered an interesting new statistic. Flexible jobs site Momcorps surveyed more than 1,000 working Americans about flexible working and their work-life balance. As expected, nearly half of respondents said they would be willing to accept, at most, a six percent pay cut for the option to telework. More surprisingly, the Momcorps study found that working men were twice as likely as working women  to say they would give up more than 10 percent of their salary for more flexibility at work.

Read more here: http://gigaom.com/collaboration/study-telecommuting-is-worth-a-pay-cut-especially-for-men/

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