Pros & Cons of Working at Home
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The work room at home remains an attractive working environment but there are also some drawbacks.
Benefits:
- less travel time and less travel expenses
- stay at work during mild illness, fewer sick days
- higher job satisfaction, the new world of work is fun!
- better balance work-family reg. care responsibilities
- less child care needed (parents' day / earlier at home)
- more chance of conflict with family members (see 3.)
- isolation, less physical contact with the 'real' outside world
- mixed up work and private life without regulated working hours
- workplace at home is often of insufficient quality, lack of technical capabilities
- chance of stress if you're not able to do self-scheduling and set up good plans
- less commuting
- better work-life balance
- higher employment rates of women
- environmental benefits, lower emission of CO2
- less excise taxes on commuting
- negative consequences for social cohesion
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After having worked 40 years for others, in offices of various types, I am very pleased to work from home this past year plus. Good post.
Some very good points. I may actually start going to my other job when I'm not working just to use the Wi-fi. That way I'm not sitting on a boat like a hermit. On the other hand I do have the little furry guy with me...and he may not like that plan.
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I think the benefits outweigh the disadvantages even though I still have a job outside of working from home so I do get to socialise.
I also love the poster it is a great incentive to work from home full time. With the correct strategy, schedules and treating the home business as a business, there is no reason why the negatives should begin to outweigh the positives.
Lis.
Fully agree Lis, thanks for your comment.