In many workplaces, online communication is now more common than face-to-face meetings. Do the advantages of this trend outweigh the disadvantages?

Online

meetings

and interactions have supplanted interpersonal communication among the staff in a working

environment

.

While

there are a number of disadvantages to holding

meetings

online

such

as the lack of interpersonal bonds between coworkers, I would argue that the benefits of using online communication outweigh the costs since it could be a positive development towards the convenience of employees

as well as

being advantageous for the

environment

. Critics of using online

platforms

for business conversations contend that these

platforms

are detrimental to building human bonds. Using these on a daily routine ensures a decline in the intimacy

level

of coworkers as they would rarely converse about anything apart from subjects related to the company or

work

whereas

for being closely bonded with each other sharing these personal details are invaluable.

Hence

, by conducting

meetings

online and lowering the amount of face-to-face interaction, the

level

of closeness between employees would be decreased.

However

, communicating via these modern

platforms

have significant merits. First of all,

this

way of meeting is miraculously convenient for the staff to attend to. They have to neither commute to the workplace in order to participate nor ignore their family’s responsibilities, like taking care of their children, to be in those

meetings

.

For instance

, during the covid pandemic, those who

work

remotely from home could easily participate in any

work

meeting whilst doing all their housework by themselves.

By contrast

, workers who were forced to be at the workplace, suffer from the lack of time and energy to do their family chores.

Secondly

, online

platforms

have given society the opportunity to resolve environmental problems. Less commuting

due to

the use of these

platforms

, can reduce the

overall

amount of carbon emission in the air and eventually, alleviates the problem of global warming. One of the Covid 19's effects on the

environment

,

for example

, was a large drop in the

level

of carbon emission, which was

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a consequence of jobs being shifted online. The more we use online communication, the better it is for the

environment

. In conclusion,

although

there are disadvantages to online interaction namely a drop in the

level

of employees' intimacy, the advantages of it are indeed more convincing as it provides the staff with a more convenient working situation and

further

, less environmental damage through commuting to

work

.