Friday 20 May 2011

The advantages and the disadvantages of working from home

Working from home

Advantages
·         Flexible working hours to be able to have a work/life balance
·         No commuting
·         You most likely not have as many distractions
Disadvantages
·         Work never ends you will at times not be able to walk away from your work
·         You have to do everything by yourself and you will not have the same support that you would get from working along side colleagues
·         Loneliness can be experienced you are not networking with others you and you don’t see the enjoyment of having lunch with colleagues etc
Threats
·         Viruses
·         Time wasting
·         Lack of motivation to get work done and complete deadlines