Working from home has advantages such as flexible schedules and cost savings, but distractions and isolation can be pitfalls. Scheduling rules and minimizing distractions can help, and regular social contact is important.
Working from home can have many advantages, but there are pitfalls or pitfalls that the home-based worker may encounter as well. It has certainly become fashionable for many people to work completely or at least partially from home. They can work for companies out of a home office, work freelance, or run their own businesses. Workers at home cite perks like time freedom, scheduling time off, and money saved due to minimal workwear and commuting requirements. On the other hand, these same workers understand that it’s quite easy to get distracted, not doing as much work as needed, and feeling isolated.
It’s really easy to name the advantages of working from home. It is possible to have an extremely flexible schedule, especially if people work alone. This doesn’t mean that people won’t have to complete certain jobs in a fixed time frame. Perhaps the best way to handle this is to create some scheduling rules where possible so that the job doesn’t back up. When workers don’t have fixed deadlines, they may want to set them, and it can help to keep a large calendar close to the workspace with established deadlines. While this still means varying the hours people need to work each day, most workers must decide exactly how many hours they should work and ensure that they can schedule this into each day.
Another potential advantage to working from home is the money saved. It can take a long time to pay for wardrobes, lunches and travel. If work takes a person out into the community often, you may need to keep some nice clothes. However, at home, work can be done in sweats, pajamas, boxers, or just casual, comfortable clothes.
Money saved on commuting can be an added benefit. Many people are excited to find that their fuel consumption is reduced, although they may experience a small increase in home energy costs due to longer daily home use. These factors can vary based on the type of work a person does and whether it may still require regular travel.
Distractions can be one of the biggest disadvantages of working from home, and while this applies to almost everyone, it can especially apply to parents. One of the fastest growing groups of people working from home is the mom, sometimes called the entrepreneur mom. While it’s fantastic to come home with the kids, they tend not to mind that their moms (or dads) look like they’re working. They will still fight, get hurt, get into trouble, or get sick. It takes significant skill to be able to multitask and care for children simultaneously, and some parents who do this confess that they feel their children are neglected from time to time. Parents can try to avoid this by scheduling work hours when they have another parent to watch over their children or at night when they are sleeping.
It’s not just parents who must deal with distractions of all kinds. People who work from home may encounter many things that take their focus away from work. It is often claimed that working from home may translate in other people’s minds to not really working, when this is far from the truth. Friends or relatives may call in the middle of a workday, for example, because they don’t understand that people really need to stay on task. Minimizing distractions can help, such as having caller ID so that employees only answer work-related calls.
Perhaps one of the reasons workers from home are likely to give in to distractions like a family member calling is because housework can be lonely at times. Those used to working with a large or even small group of people can miss the social nature of the job and the camaraderie of spending time with co-workers. It can be easy to feel isolated or lonely, and it’s important to deal with this by regularly spending time with others. It should be noted that some people feel this less than others; those with a more independent streak who prefer to work alone may not be as affected. Still, those working from home shouldn’t allow themselves to be isolated from the rest of the world; regular social contact can be of great benefit.
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