Pros and Cons of Working From Home

Last Updated on 8 May 2022 by Heavensa

Due to the ongoing pandemic, work-from-home schemes had been a continuous trend for so many years now, and it seems to be getting better each day. I have many friends who work from home and now make more than they ever did in office jobs. I have disabled friends who wouldn’t be able to work if it wasn’t from home, and even my own partner is finding a better work-life balance by working from home.

Gone are the days of rushing to work in traffic and thinking you’re going to be late, only to end up having an unproductive day, and then you realise it’s time to pack your things up and start heading for home, just to hit that same traffic again! It’s really no way to live.

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. My friend Georgina from She Might Be Loved has been working from home for nearly 9 years now and she wouldn’t change it for anything!

So, if you have been contemplating whether you would go and try working at home or not, then its 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

1. 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 heavy traffic.

2. Encourages safety.

There had been reports wherein most accidents involve people who are in a hurry to get to work. There are thousands 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 how you will start your work today right in the comfort of your home.

3. 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. My other friend Debz from Wannabe Princess has been able to grow her work from home job with copywriting and other things she likes because she just has so much time to work around her family.

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

1. 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 about calling you at midnight just because there’s some work that needs to be hurriedly done.

2. There’s no definite distinction.

This is because your home is your office and your office is your home. In this manner, it is really difficult to set a clear distinction between 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 frames to follow, no buzzers to beat, and no deadlines to meet.

3. 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. It’s super important to stay organised.

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 work from home always tend to think that they can do it a little later since there wouldn’t be a 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.