Best Kept Secrets For Insurance Jobs: Work from Home Edition
Once you get your act together and have all the correct systems in place to be your more efficient self, you will find that, as an insurance agent, work from home can be truly liberating. Here’s a quick list of some of the greatest benefits of remote insurance agent jobs:
Decreased commute time
The U.S. Census shows the average one-way commute in America since 2019 is about 27 minutes. That’s 54 minutes a day and 4.5 hours in a work week spent on getting from point A to point B and back.
Decreased commute costs
Whether you’re spending money on gas, bus fare or new walking shoes, the cost of commuting to work can add up. There are also opportunity costs that come with prioritizing your commute. For example, sometimes the cost of commuting can keep you from moving into a nicer home on a more affordable side of town.
More time to sleep
C If you’re an early bird anyway, you can also use this time to exercise or meditate. The time you save in the morning can be surprisingly valuable.
Parents have more time with their children
Working from home doesn’t mean you can play with your kids all day and, with schools reopening, kids won’t be at home all the time anyway. However, working from home will give you a more flexible schedule and increase your availability to them.
Partners have more quality time together
When both partners work 9-5 it might seem impossible to spend any quality time together that doesn’t involve housework or eating. When you both work from home, you can spend more time together, even if it’s just for lunch and coffee breaks, or for the 27 extra minutes in the morning.
Offices have fewer expenses
Rent, electricity and maintenance staff can be very expensive, especially depending on the office size and location. If all employees can work from home, the decrease in costs will cause the company’s margins to increase. That means more money that can be spent on research and development, tools to increase productivity, or even salary bonuses.
