Home means Nevada? No, it means office

by John Seelmeyer

Working from home — at least part of the time — increasingly is becoming routine at companies in Reno and Sparks.

Eight months after employers scrambled when pandemic-related restrictions closed most traditional offices for several weeks, executives say they’ve learned learn to navigate the new-look workplace and don’t expect to see a day when everyone works at the office every day.

Prominence Health Plans, for instance, recently opened the door for employees to voluntarily return to the office if they found that working from home was a problem. But more than 50% of the staff of the Reno-based health-insurance provider still works remotely.

Often, remote work brought increased efficiency.

“Our team is required to travel less, meetings that were hard to schedule have gotten easier, and overall more time can be spent on creative solutions,” said Kevin Jones, chief operating officer of KPS3, a Reno-based marketing agency. “It’s enabled us to move faster and work better.”

Many remote workers are more connected with their jobs, executives say.

“We have experienced a positive surge in employee engagement and satisfaction,” said Philip Ramirez, chief compliance officer with Prominence Health Plan. “We found that the majority of our teams are just as effective working remotely as they are in the office.”

Read the entire article in This is Reno: https://thisisreno.com/2020/11/home-means-nevada-no-it-means-office/