Office spaces of today share the common goal of being as comfortable as employee homes. Many companies have taken on this challenge and designed areas to make employees feel excited about coming to work.

The Kickstarter office has a private theater for screenings. Salt Co-Working has a fully equipped kitchen. SoundCloud has an indoor garden, and Bluecore has a table large enough to fit all employees for a community lunch.

Nevertheless, these features don't compete with employees' latest demand: teleworking. When surveyed, 60 percent of employees stated they would leave their current job for a full-time remote position at the same pay rate.

Teleworking is a work flexibility arrangement where an employees perform the duties and responsibilities of their positions from an approved worksite rather than the standard office. While telework is not a new feature, it has grown to be a game changer for many employees.

According the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2.9 million people quit their jobs during the month of April. The average rose 3.5 percent in comparison to the prior month, highlighting the fact that employees are increasingly unhappy.

Salary and opportunity for advancement have been in the top reasons for quitting, but flexibility is now a deciding factor for long-term employment. Telework is the best solution for maximum flexibility in line with today's generation.

Recently returning to the office after teleworking, I can speak from both sides of the spectrum that working from home has benefits that can never be contained within an office. Office spaces have always been a representation of employees and company culture, but today's technological changes have evolved business as a whole.

This can difficult for employers to understand, but teleworking is the future. The benefits of telework are endless, once employers take time for consideration.

Money

According to statistics, businesses authorizing part-time telework would save more than $700 billion a year nationwide. This would cut costs for features such as real estate and electricity, saving over $11,000 per employee per year. Not to mention the savings toward security, maintenance, office supplies, coffee, leased parking, travel subsidies or other components.

Employee retention

Employee benefits from teleworking also benefit the company. Implementing telework is the best tool to retain employees because it fosters an environment that shows employers care.

The comfort employees gain from a caring environment would secure their involvement. Additionally, the benefits received set the bar, making it nearly impossible for employees to find a worthy competitor.

Increase productivity

Teleworking promotes productivity because it eliminates other distractions that hinder work. The commute is no longer a factor, along with weather, timeliness or other uncontrollable annoyances.

These factors force an increase in production without strategic pushing, because employees are now able to work at their own pace and in the comfort of their own environment. Overall, teleworking would increase national productivity by 5 million years.

Company reputation

Teleworking is the natural progression for office spaces. Companies that foresee this change are sure to stand out as forward-thinking and savvy. Teleworking would save $20 billion in gas, reduce greenhouse gases by 54 million tons and lower wear on highways by more than 119 billion miles yearly.

A 2014 study used a call center to put teleworking to the test within their own office space. During a nine-month period, half of the employees were offered the opportunity to telecommute while the rest remained in the office.

By the end of the study, those who worked from home were found to be happier, stable within the company and more productive. The company saved almost $2,000 per employee, and teleworkers exceeded the productivity of office workers by 13.5 percent.

With a mountain of facts in support, teleworking is set to revolutionize working space as we know it. The influx in those quitting and those starting their own businesses is an example of how companies who fail to adapt to change will diminish.

Today's technological growth has made it no longer a question of what employees can contribute, but instead how long will they contribute. Establishing a telework environment is the best solution to benefit both employers and employees.