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?

In today's world with many technological advances, companies have become flexible in their ways of getting the

work

done from its employees. With new software being adopted by the company, it has become possible for employees to manage

work

outside the

office

. In the majority of companies, it is permissible to

work

from

home

instead

of coming to the

office

daily. While working away from the

office

gives the employees an opportunity to

work

on days when they are

traveling

the act of going from one place to another

travelling

and increases employee satisfaction at the same time,

this

leniency results in minimum to zero supervision of

work

tasks by the manager. There are several situations which may make it impossible for someone to go to the

office

like an urgent business meeting out of town. So having an option to

work

remotely makes it easier to complete

work

on the go ensuring that the business is not negatively impacted in times of travel. In January 2019, a study by Harvard University on "Factors contributing to Employee Satisfaction" shows that

this

level of flexibility in the workplace reduces

work

pressure resulting in

happy

Suggestion

happier

employees and lower attrition rate in companies.

Thus

, working remotely or from

home

can be extremely beneficial for both the employees and the companies but

this

enjoyment comes with certain pitfalls. A certain drawback is that if you were to not

work

in the

office

, your manager has less control over monitoring your

work

performance indicators.

In addition

to

this

, there is

also

a risk of data theft if employees are permitted to

access

company data outside the

office

. Even though granting permission to

work

remotely is highly critical in companies these days, I would argue that

this

access

is limited to employees at all levels with a genuine reason to support their request to

work

from

home

.

This

can happen when they are out of the

office

for business or personal

reasons but

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reasons, but

the

first

priority should always be to ensure that

work

is done in the

office

itself.

Therefore

, despite the decreasing

work

stress and easy

access

to

work

data outside the

office

, continuous monitoring of

work

metrics is key to ensure

work

efficiency which is sadly not fully possible outside the

office

. There is

also

the risk of data security so keeping in mind these downsides, companies should give an option to

work

from

home but

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home, but

with limited

access

and in exceptional situations approved by the manager.