More and more companies allow their employees to work from home or “remotely” rather than going into an office each day. Do the advantages of this policy outweigh the disadvantages?

It is a common phenomenon these days for the modern companies to permit the employees to telecommute or work from their convenient place. I strongly believe,

this

scheme offers benefits for both the employee and employer,

such

as flexibility, work-life balance, and loyalty to name a few, which outweighs the drawbacks of the policy. On one

hand

, telecommuting is proven to be advantageous in many ways, that impact both the employees and employers.

Firstly

, it enhances the flexibility of the employees which positively impacts their productivity.

For instance

, from my past experiences I know that many of my colleagues' work

effeciency

the ratio of the output to the input of any system

efficiency

was much higher when they were providing support from home.

Further

, studies have shown that working from

ones

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one's

comfort zone can increase the productivity more than working in office under stress and less comfortable environment.

Secondly

, from an employer's perspective,

this

scheme helps them to save the cost stemming from renting a big physical office space. We all are aware of how expensive a commercial space can be.

Additionally

, the companies get good results along with satisfied employees by ensuring them a good work-life balance via telecommuting. Overall, working remotely makes a win-win situation for everyone.

On the other

hand

, the biggest challenge of working outstation could be

this

system might not fit for every company. Since

this

policy reduces human interaction, people

tends

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tend

to

loose

fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

lose

vital corporate skills,

such

as interpersonal skills and team building capabilities. These skills are very crucial to make decisions and ensure the performance of any department in an organization.

Moreover

, these days the functional departments

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do not work

in the silos, rather better communication and working

hand

to

hand

helps them to solve critical problems and make the institution profitable.

Therefore

, the

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contrary to your interests or welfare

adverse

impacts of

this

policy could be bad decision making and failure to achieve synergy amid departments. From the above

discussion it

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discussion, it

can be concluded that working from home facility might have some drawbacks;

however

, the dynamic advantages it offers are way more impactful, which make everyone content.

Hence

, the benefits of telecommuting surely outweigh the pitfalls.