More and more businesses, as well as individuals, are choosing to either professionally or socially using technology rather than being face to face. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using technology for communicating.

The advent of technology has changed completely the manner that

people

interact with each other. Even

companies

are opting for virtual meetings rather than presencial ones.

This

essay will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using new technologies as a way of communication. On the one hand, it is true that technology has provided remarkable advantages both to

companies

and

people

.

Companies

,

for example

, can lower their running costs by choosing to not use an office.

This

is because offices are expansive to rent and, as the internet provides virtual reunion, there is no need to pay for those places. At the same time, ordinary

people

can benefit because they will not need to spend long hours commuting and,

therefore

, they will have more free time.

On the other hand

, there are

also

some disadvantages to using

this

kind of communication.

First

,

companies

are not able to check if their employees are working properly.

Second

, there are no reliable studies concerning whether or not workers produce what is expected from them when they are working from home. Not only using technology for communication can bring some negative sides for

companies

, but

also

for

people

. It is true that virtual meetings allow

people

to work anywhere,

however

, employees may feel the need to have face to face interaction. The reason is that humans beings need to have physical contact with each other. To sum up, at the same time that virtual meetings can bring positive sides, it can

also

bring some disadvantages. Both

people

and

companies

should decide what is the right balance between those options.