These days, many people have their own computer and telephone, so it is quite easy for them to do their job at home. Does working at home have more advantages or more disadvantages?

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Nowadays, commonly used personal computers and
telephone
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enable people to work on their
jobs
more conveniently at
home
.
However
, there are both pros and cons
of
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working at
home
. Whilst acknowledging the drawbacks,
this
essay will argue that the advantages overweigh the disadvantages. Let’s begin by looking at the advantages of doing
jobs
at
home
. One of the main positives is that
this
way can provide people with more free
time
. What I mean by
this
is that working at
home
enables people to waste less
time
, while avoiding some unnecessary troubles at the same
time
.
For example
, when
accident
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an accident
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occurs, like if his baby got a cold, one who
work
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at
home
doesn’t have to specially apply for a break and
thus
waste
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time
on
job
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the job
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.
This
definitely
provide
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great convenience. Another advantage is that, for some
jobs
that have uncertain worktime. Working at
home
will be a more reasonable arrangement.
For instance
, an engineer who is responsible for looking after the server of an international country,
he
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can definitely be able to make
a
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better use of
time
when not needed. Yet, from the opposite
side
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we can see drawbacks in applying working at
home
. Without the company of colleagues in the office, one may feel alone and
thus
lack the passion to finish his job. For some
jobs
like editors or doctors, working at
home
may even bring them inconvenience, dealing with their job at
workplace
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the workplace
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will be a more efficient way
instead
. All things considered,
although
doing
jobs
at
home
have
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has
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drawbacks like loneliness, it brings advantages
such
as more flexible work
time
and
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a better
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better organized
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schedule. Overall I believe, the positive side of working
home
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overweigh the negative side.
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