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Work From Home? How Do You Decide?
by Daegan Smith
Published on this site: January 10th, 2006 - See
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With the advent of information technology and the Internet,
work-from-home schemes had been a continuous trend for so
many years now, and it seems to be getting better each day.
So, here you are trying your way to get out of the traffic
because you are bound to be late for work again. And when
you get down to start your work, you will realize that it
is time again to pack your things up and start heading for
home. That is another traffic you have to get through again.
Looks like a pretty wearisome routine? Think again.
No wonder why more and more people are enticed to try working
from home. They only not save more money from commuting and
driving but they are able to work better because they are
not too tired to get things done.
So, if you have been contemplating on whether you would go
and try working at home or not, then it’s better to check
some of the pros and cons first so as to help you decide whether
you would go for it or not:
Pros
- Convenience
This is the very edge of most work-from-home arrangements.
You don’t have to wake up early every single day just
to beat the bus or get through a heavy traffic.
- Encourages safety.
There had been reports wherein most accidents involve people
who are in a hurry to get to work. There are thousand of
incidents where people get hurt or harshly hurt just because
they want to get to work at once so as not to be late. All
of these things get down on one main point: they are all
in a hurry to get to work.
Whereas, if you work from home, chances are you will not
be experiencing these dangerous incidents lurking around.
You don’t have to be in a hurry to beat the traffic.
You don’t have to press the accelerator faster just
to get into the meeting earlier. All you have to do is to
sit back, relax and contemplate on how you will start your
work today right in the comfort of your home.
- Gives more time for your family.
In many instances, people who work in the office will have
little time for their family. This is because they will
be spending almost half of their time commuting back and
fort, from their house to office and vice-versa.
Whereas, if they work from home, half of the time spent
in commuting will be dedicated more to the family, keeping
the bond alive and the love overflowing.
Cons
- It’s not an eight-to-five job.
This means that since you work from home, the timeframe
is not strictly set unlike what you have on a regular job.
Moreover, your client sometimes gets to think that you are
available 24 hours a day because it is so easy to get in
touch with you. All they have to do is to call you or get
you online. What’s worse, they won’t even think
twice in calling you at midnight just because there’s
some work that need to be hurriedly done.
- There’s no definite distinction.
This because your home is your office and your office is
your home. In this manner, it is really difficult to set
a clear distinction on getting into an office mode and eventually
switching to home mode if needed.
Most often than not, you get to work most of the time when
you work from home because there are no time frame to follow,
no buzzers to beat, and no deadlines to meet.
- It’s even harder to set discipline at home.
This is because you can clearly see that your home office
is just beside your bed, your computer near your night table,
and your phone just a few inches from you.
If people find it so hard to wake up in the morning just
to get to work, it is doubly harder when working from home.
People who works from home always tend to think that they
can do it a little later since there wouldn’t be no
boss checking out if you are late.
So, if you really want to decide whether you want to work
from home, it’s all up to you now. The bottom line is
that whether it is from home or in the office, as long as
you are well compensated, then there wouldn’t be any
problem at all.
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