Many people are working at home rather than in the workplace. Some people believe this will bring benefits to the workers and their families, but others suggest it will cause stress in the home. Discuss both sides and give your opinion. 
Many people are working at home rather than in the workplace. Some people believe this will bring benefits to the workers and their families, but others suggest it will cause stress in the home.  BWLkd
With technology increasingly being able to support a suitable home office environment, working from home is becoming an attractive option for many employees. Employees gain the advantages of being able to make better use of time and avoid costs associated with working, but at the same time this arrangement may interfere with their home environment. In this essay the merits of working from home compared to working in the office will be discussed.
Working from home allows people to avoid the need to travel to and from work giving employees additional hours in the working week that can be used for either work related activities or provide a more balanced lifestyle. For example, the additional time could be used to take children to and from school.
Employees will also have lower costs, particularly in relation to transportation. For example, if one partner works from home a family may be able to avoid buying a second car providing them with significant savings. Savings may also be made in other areas such as food and entertainment costs.
In addition, the breaks from work that most people take during the day can be used to perform household chores. The lack of other employees also means that there are no social norms and in quiet periods an employee can read the paper or a book or even watch television, activities that would be socially unacceptable in an office environment but do not impact on performance and may lower stress and have a positive influence on wellbeing.
However, employees may experience significant difficulties in working from home. They have no physical barrier between their work and home life as their office is ever present and could interfere with having a normal family life unless carefully managed. Employees may also feel isolated as they do not have co-workers with them and may lose valuable information that is sometimes passed by casual interactions in the office and fail to have the opportunity to build the relationships that are essential for career development and promotion.
In summary, working from home provides many advantages including lower costs, having more available time and being better for the environment. However, the time spent working from home must be managed carefully as there are risks of isolation, negatively impacting family life and loss of productivity
With technology 
increasingly
 being able to support a suitable home 
office
 environment
, 
working
 from home is becoming an attractive option for 
many
 employees
. 
Employees
 gain the advantages of being able to 
make
 better 
use
 of 
time
 and avoid costs associated with 
working
, 
but
 at the same 
time
 this arrangement may interfere with their home 
environment
. In this essay the merits of 
working
 from home compared to 
working
 in the 
office
 will 
be discussed
.
Working from home 
allows
 people
 to avoid the need to travel to and from 
work
 giving 
employees
 additional hours in the 
working
 week that can be 
used
 for either 
work
 related activities or provide a more balanced lifestyle. 
For example
, the additional 
time
 could be 
used
 to take children to and from school.
Employees will 
also
 have lower costs, 
particularly
 in relation to transportation. 
For example
, if one partner works from home a family may be able to avoid buying a second car providing them with significant savings. Savings may 
also
 be made
 in other areas such as food and entertainment costs.
In addition
, the breaks from 
work
 that most 
people
 take during the day can be 
used
 to perform household chores. The lack of other 
employees
 also
 means that there are no social norms and in quiet periods an 
employee
 can read the paper or a book or even 
watch
 television, activities that would be 
socially
 unacceptable in an 
office
 environment
 but
 do not impact on performance and may lower 
stress
 and have a 
positive
 influence on 
wellbeing
.
However
, 
employees
 may experience significant difficulties in 
working
 from home. They have no physical barrier between their 
work
 and home life as their 
office
 is ever present and could interfere with having a normal family life unless 
carefully
 managed. 
Employees
 may 
also
 feel isolated as they do not have co-workers with them and may lose valuable information 
that is
 sometimes
 passed by casual interactions in the 
office
 and fail to have the opportunity to build the relationships that are essential for career development and promotion.
In summary, 
working
 from home provides 
many
 advantages including lower costs, having more available 
time
 and being better for the 
environment
. 
However
, the 
time
 spent 
working
 from home 
must
 be managed
 carefully
 as there are 
risks
 of isolation, 
negatively
 impacting family life and loss of productivity
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