In the present era, with the evolution of Information Technology, the Internet has taken a major role in day to day life. It has enabled employees as well as employers to get the work done from anywhere in the world. Telecommuting has become very popular these days with a lot of advantages, but has a few disadvantages too.
To talk on the positive side, it saves the money of employees as well as employers too. They don't need to come to the office every day, which saves a fair amount of transportation costs for them. Along with, it saves time up to a great extent on daily commuting, which they can utilize more of their work. Moreover, they can perform minor commitments like dropping the kids to school along with moral support to family members in case of emergency situations like illness, injury, etc.
Secondly, Employers can save enormous money being invested in office spaces which means a lot for new startups who can't afford such exorbitant land prices. To illustrate, in metro cities like Delhi or Mumbai, the renting cost is approx. 100K per square feet.
However, disadvantages of this telecommuting to employees is that they have to reserve an area at home, which is specifically allocated for telephone and broadband connection setups. Although, the family members can feel the presence of a person, but it brings some stress to at home as employees put some extra efforts while working from home to keep enjoying this facility in future too.
To conclude, it has many advantages for professionals as they can spend more leisure time with family members and can provide moral support in emergency situations. Disadvantages are negligible and can be easily overlooked.
In the present era, with the evolution of Information Technology, the Internet has taken a major role in day to day life. It has enabled
employees
as well
as employers to
get
the work done from anywhere in the world. Telecommuting has become
very
popular these days with
a lot of
advantages,
but
has a few disadvantages too.
To talk on the
positive
side, it
saves
the money of
employees
as well
as employers too. They don't need to
come
to the office every day, which
saves
a
fair
amount of transportation costs for them. Along with, it
saves
time up to a great extent on daily commuting, which they can utilize more of their work.
Moreover
, they can perform minor commitments like dropping the kids to school along with moral support to family members in case of emergency situations like illness, injury, etc.
Secondly
, Employers can
save
enormous money
being invested
in office spaces which means a lot for new startups who can't afford such exorbitant land prices. To illustrate, in metro cities like Delhi or Mumbai, the renting cost is approx. 100K per square feet.
However
, disadvantages of this telecommuting to
employees
is that they
have to
reserve an area at home, which is
specifically
allocated for telephone and broadband connection setups. Although, the family members can feel the presence of a person,
but
it brings
some
stress
to at home as
employees
put
some
extra efforts while working from home to
keep
enjoying this facility in future too.
To conclude
, it has
many
advantages for professionals as they can spend more leisure time with family members and can provide moral support in emergency situations. Disadvantages are negligible and can be
easily
overlooked.