The advent of the internet has made it possible for people to work from home. Do you feel this working arrangement has more advantages or disad- vantages? Share personal examples in your essay.

The internet has revolutionised the world in many different ways. One opportunity it has opened is the possibility for people to
work
from
home
. Despite the many advantages that derive from
this
arrangement, I feel that working from
home
is predominantly disadvantageous to the professional.
This
will be shown by looking at how the
home
sets professionals up to be both distracted and unable to detach themselves from
work
. For one,
although
working from
home
may be a more
cost effective
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and independent way to
work
, most people are likely to get distracted under
this
working arrangement. For example, a former manager of mine once delegated a major writing project to me and instructed me to complete it at
home
over the course of a month. When I went to engage
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the project, I found it difficult to stay focused
while
in an environment I normally used for relaxing, and
as a
result
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the quality of my
work
suffered. My experience clearly shows that for people similar to myself, working from
home
is disadvantageous to productivity.
In addition
to
this
, the
stay at
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home
worker often finds it challenging to distance
them- selves
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from their
work
, and
this
can be mentally exhausting.
For instance
, a colleague of mine started his own business from
home
. Within the first few months, he was
receiv- ing
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receiving
telephone calls, emails and faxes at all times of the day and night. In the end, he felt forced to migrate
this
professional pursuit to a rented office apartment simply because it was taking over his life. As
this
story illustrates, the disadvantages of a
home based
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job are numerous.
To conclude
, despite the advantages of lower overhead and independence, working from
home
has many more drawbacks than favourable points. I
thus
hope that professionals everywhere think carefully before settling on
this
working arrangement.
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