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Working from home Pros and Cons
I have been working from home in a variety of capacities as well as variation of time (for example, some jobs work from home 1 or 2 days a week to where nearly 90% of my time is working from home).
Pros for the individual
- No worry about driving to work, cost of fuel and waste of time in commute
- Comfortable clothes rather than dressing for work in coat and tie
- Adapt your work life around your life in general
- Interleave personal and work needs throughout the day
Cons for the individual
- Blurring of boundary between work and home life (working all sorts of hours and every day of the week)
- Interactions with other team members in person provide opportunities to learn and problem solve with greater ease. These informal discussions around the water cooler as it were, in experience, are a great contribution to the organization and individual learning.
- Sometimes the feeling of being cut off from the organization as a whole.
- Cost of working is transferred to the individual (the cost of the home office – electrical, etc.)
- Employees consideration of what this distance from the company may mean for a career rather than a job (promotion and longevity)
Pros for the Company
- Cuts overhead cost of the work (no space reserved or office space needed that must be accounted in the billing rate)
- When strategically placed, the employee essentially creates a local office if this is position is customer support which can cut down on logistic and travel costs
- Connection to the rest of the individuals within the organization and the distribution of information and knowledge
Cons for the Company
- Uncertainty regarding the employee work ethic
- Work to maintain connection with the employee
- Cost of bringing the employee to the company periodically
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