In the past, most people used to travel to their place of work. With increased use of computers, the internet and smartphones, more and more people are starting to work from home. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this development?

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workers
used to go to their
office
in
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daily
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basis.
However
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the advancement of technology
such
as
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the increase
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increase
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usage of computers and any other devices
which
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apply
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connected to the internet
,
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enables
the
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workers
to do their assignments from
home
. In my
opinions
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, there are some benefits and drawbacks of working from
home
. On the one hand,
employee
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an employee
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who has done their work from their
home
tended to have mental problems regarding social interaction. People could suffer cabin fever which
make
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them feel restless and irritable because they have been indoors in one place for too long. With the facilities available almost for everything, it allowed us not to leave the house at all
furthermore
it would minimize interaction between
human
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.
On the other hand
,
employee
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the employee
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could utilise their
time
and
money
more effectively without decreasing their productivity. The
workers
have to spare several hours of their
time
every day just to go to their
office
, they need to consider some factors which
affects
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the length of the trip to the
office
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, for instance,
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for instance
the distance and traffic between their
home
to the
work place
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workplace
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.
Time
spent by the
workers
commuted
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to their
office
, could be used to do some other activities related to work or personal gain.
Beside
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the times,
other
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consideration is
money
, people have to spend some
money
to pay fares or gas
fee
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whether they used public
and
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personal transport. Many hindrances could be eliminated, if the
workers
allowed
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to do their assignments from
home
, so they could become prolific. In
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conclusion
conlusion
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conclusion
, people who worked from
home
could utilize either their
time
and
money
more wisely,
however
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there are side effects regarding mental issues caused by the lack of social interactions.
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