• No Commuting. Depending on your current commute, this can save you anywhere
from minutes to hours every day, which you can spend doing things you enjoy, like
sleeping, spending more time with your kids or spouse, going to the dog park, or any
other activity you’d like to have more time for.
• Increased Independence. Working from home puts the onus on you to complete your
work without constant reminders, which some people absolutely love. No office
politics, no boss breathing down your neck, no distracting coworkers — telecommuting
can be glorious. And yet, it’s very easy to get distracted by things in your home —
television, laundry, a comfy bed for napping — some days these seem like a much
better alternative to actually doing work. Having a high degree of self-control and selfdiscipline
is essential to being a productive telecommuter.
• Increased Savings. Most people who work from home have very little need for
professional clothing, which not having to buy can save lots of money every year.
Other things you’ll find less need for: gas or public transit passes for commuting,
lunches out, dry cleaning, and child care (depending on your situation). And most
people who work from home are able to save on their taxes each year because of the
tax-deductible expenses associated with working from home.
• More Flexibility. Again this depends on the type of job you’ll have at home, but many
work- from-home jobs allow for a flexible schedule, so if you need to go grocery
shopping or do a load of laundry in the middle of the day, it’s simple: you can. Or, if
you’re a morning person or a night owl, you can adjust your work schedule
accordingly.
• Fewer sick days. Working in a traditional office exposes you to many people’s germs,
but if you work from home, you have less exposure to people, and therefore, to their
germ's. Also, if you are feeling under the weather, it’s much easier to pamper yourself
and still get some work done when you’re at home, meaning you’ 11 probably take
fewer sick days.
Disadvantages of Telecommuting
- Decreased human interaction
If you’re the sort of person who thrives on interactions with other people, working from
home can feel isolating. It’s possible to remedy this feeling with e-mail, phone calls,
instant messaging, and video conferencing, but it’s no substitute for face- to-face
interaction. Some telecommuters find that working from a coffee shop or library satisfies
their people fix, but others prefer the office environment to solitude. A co-working space
might solve this problem by allowing you to telecommute and work from an office
setting.
- Blurring Work and Personal Life.
When you work from home, you can’t always shut out your personal life while you’re
working, or turn off your work life while you’re “off the clock.” Having a separate work
space from the rest of your home can help, but some people find it difficult to stop
working when they know it’s only a few feet away.
- Difficulty Demonstrating Workload.
If you’re a telecommuter working for a company with a traditional office, your officebound
coworkers might perceive you as doing less work simply because you’re at home.
It’s important to showcase your workload to demonstrate to managers and coworkers that
you are accomplishing as much, if not more, as you would if you were in a cubicle down
the hall.
- Poor staff relationship
Unfortunately, telecommuting interferes negatively with the relationship between
teleworkers and non-teleworkers.
Career Stagnation
Working from home makes it difficult for a manager to monitor the performance of
teleworkers, and people who adopt this work arrangement often find it hard to gain
recognition for their efforts through promotions or performance reviews, Some
telecommuters do not get clear performance goals because their managers consider
employees who are often ¦ in the office to be harder workers. In such a situation, the
affected teleworker can opt to work both in the office and at home.
Kavungya answered the question on May 14, 2019 at 09:48