More and more companies are allowing employees to work from home . Do you think this is a positive or negative development.

Technological advancement has led to a decline in the

use

of physical structures where people present themselves daily for

work

. I am strongly of the opinion that

this

reduction is a good progress. Owning to the fact that the

time

workers

use

in commuting has been scrapped completely, workers are compelled to develop in the area of Information technology skills and project deliverables are achieved in lesser

time

.

Firstly

, one major improvement working from

home

has caused is the best

use

of

time

used in commuting.

Time

spent moving from

home

to the office is saved and is used in achieving proper

work

goals and objectives. The number of hours spent on the road is almost the same as the number of hours required to spend at

work

for workers in the very busy cities like Lagos.

For example

, people who

work

on the mainland spend an average of 6-8hours to and fro office every day.

This

valuable

time

is put into performing key tasks when working from

home

,

also

, energy is preserved and they have more zeal to give the best to their jobs.

In addition

to valuable

time

, employees are compelled to develop themselves in the

use

of Information technology (IT) packages. Working from

home

would entail sending vital details of

work

back and forth via the internet,

therefore

the need for workers to get acquainted with software that would enable them

work

effectively. Specific software skill development has increased over

time

as a result

of

this

development.

Lastly

, project deliverables are now completed on

time

. Since it faster and efficient to

work

at

home

, project deliverables are achieved in the least possible

time

with minimal mistakes. An estimator who works at his comfort gets accurate measurements from plan and comes up with a near accurate bill of quantities than his colleague who still have to get to the office to

work

, having been worn out from the hustle of arriving at his place of

work

. In conclusion, I believe that

this

arrangement has helped many organizations as there are now better ways of doing jobs.

Although

it is argued that working at

home

tends to make one lazy, but with discipline one can overcome

this

attitude and achieve more.