Many people are working at home rather than in the workplace. Some people believe this will bring benefits to the workers and their families, but others suggest it will cause stress in the home. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.

With technology increasingly being able to support a suitable

home

office

environment

, working from

home

is becoming an attractive option for many employees. Employees gain the advantages of being able to make better use of

time

and avoid costs associated with working, but at the same

time

this

arrangement may interfere with their

home

environment

. In

this

essay the merits of working from

home

compared to working in the

office

will be discussed. Working from

home

allows people to avoid the need to travel to and from

work giving

Accept comma addition

work, giving

employees additional hours in the working week that can be used for either

work

related activities or provide a more balanced lifestyle.

For example

, the additional

time

could be used to take children to and from school. Employees will

also

have lower costs, particularly in relation to transportation.

For example

, if one partner works from

home

a family may be able to avoid buying a

second

car providing them with significant savings. Savings may

also

be made in other areas

such

as food and entertainment costs.

In addition

, the breaks from

work

that most people take during the day can be used to perform household chores. The lack of other employees

also

means that there are no social norms and in quiet periods an employee can read the paper or a book or even watch television, activities that would be socially unacceptable in an

office

environment

but do not impact on performance and may lower stress and have a positive influence on wellbeing.

However

, employees may experience significant difficulties in working from

home

. They have no physical barrier between their

work

and

home

life as their

office

is ever present and could interfere with having a normal family life unless carefully managed. Employees may

also

feel isolated as they do not have co-workers with them and may lose valuable information

that is

sometimes passed by casual interactions in the

office

and fail to have the opportunity to build the relationships that are essential for career development and promotion. In summary, working from

home

provides many advantages including lower costs, having more available

time

and being better for the

environment

.

However

, the

time

spent working from

home

must be managed carefully as

there

Suggestion

There

are risks of of isolation, negatively impacting family life and loss of productivity.