Many employers are now offering their employees the option to work from home. As a result, employees will have much more flexible working hours in the future. Is this a positive or negative development?

Many employers are now offering their employees the option to work from home. As a result, employees will have much more flexible working hours in the future. Is this a positive or negative development?

 

Many companies these days are seen presenting their workforce with the choice of working from home and such a trend in the working lifestyle will open up and offer employees the elasticity required to balance work and life in the future. This essay will elaborate on two points; The main advantage being increased productivity and the main disadvantage being the difficulty in focusing on work.

Uninterrupted and away for the office web of formal and informal interjections affords an employee with the opportunity of increasing their productivity. This means that a person has more time to focus on his task at hand versus having to worry about the constant interjections experienced while working in an office setting. For example, it is common for boxers to go to camps at such a place where they are far from the temptations of a convenient life and as far away as possible from any kind of entertainment so that they increase their training productivity. The result of this kind of isolation was amazing. Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury on his rematch with Deontay Wilder did exactly this and the outcome stunned the entire boxing world. He knocked out his opponent devastatingly in just three rounds.

However, on the other hand, such options can be a bane. With home doubling up as an office has its pronounced shares of distress. To explain this further, it means that with family members around, there’s always bound to be noise and disturbances arising from the various activities that go on in a regular house. From children suddenly bursting into the room and sometimes even screaming in delight and sometimes even in despair. For instance, during the lock-down across the world at various cities; a mayor was being interviewed by a news channel and his set looked like a perfect office till his children came darting in. This resulted in an awkward setting where he was trying to mind them while at the same time attempting to answer the question albeit the governess following through to quickly take them out of the room. Consequently, the interview didn’t go as it was going, he had to excuse himself to tent to his bawling children.

In conclusion, it is quite apparent that work from home is like the two sides of a coin. It has its fair share of positives and negatives. As much as there may be naysayers, with a little planning, disciple and segregation, working from home is a very productive option for employees socially and professionally. The merits convincingly outweigh the demerits.    

 

Written by Mansi Kharbanda | Edited by David Conrad Linus (aka John Smith)

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