Question

Allowing employees to telecommute is often a concern to management. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of having workers who telecommute.

Answer 1

Telecommute now a days is very popular. With the increase of various latest technology also effcts the increase of telecommute. The best part of this is that you can do your all work from directly your home, no need to go to a different place or office for doing jobs. Nothing is perfect. Telecommute has some very good advantages as well as it has some serious disadvantages too. Now one by one we will discuss the advantages and disadvantages. Lets start with its advantages first.

As I already mentioned that most improtant advantage is you can do everything from your home. Suppose a meeting is going on. You can join this meeting via Skype.

Next thing is flexibility. We can plan the whole day according to your choice. Most of the company has various shift. As you are working from your home you can choose the most suited work time for u. This also helps to focus on the others takes such as some house work.

Via telecommute various persons can do useful things. There are some people in our socity who can't go other places to do jobs. Telecommute brings the opportunity to do work from whereever and whenever you want. It is a good opportunity for the disabled, physically handicapped. In fact this can motivate them.

It increases self independence. Rather then bound by the tight routine of office now you can choose and follow your own routine. So nobody is going to touch your independence.

Another thing is that you can save more. You can have home food so it will be good for good health.

This is a great options for Students, house-wives to do some parttime jobs and earn some money.

Basically these are some of the advantages of telecommute.

Now lets discuss about some of disadvantages that it has.

If you worked in a office then many you are surounded by many people. So you can interact with them. They share various experience which can be useful in future. Video calling is not same as direct interections. Interections can help you to be more social. Interections can help to understand your society better. So telecommute can't give a the social awerness that direct interections with people can give.

As telecommute is basically related to home based jobs , so in home there are a lot of things that can gain your attention. This can effect on your work.

Different working environement and working with different people helps us to grow helps us to think deeply. We can fully analyze your performance from home.

Telecommute can have a effect on your personal life also. So it is very improtant to keep balance between your work and personal life.

Working in different environment and with different people can give you some career opprotunity which telecommute can't provide.