Telework: Advantages and Disadvantages

"The world today assists the integration and implementation of new means to greater speed and efficiency in information exchange. Access to networks inside and outside of companies, the video network in place the use of shared documents in real time and the redistribution of phone calls are some examples of these new technologies. "

Teleworking, is a kind of working distance. This work can be considered as all the work done outside the office, for example, and is supported by communication technologies. This work enables teleworkers, work from your own home provided you have the means to do so. How all this kind of work at a distance, has advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages:

For teleworkers:

• Reduction of stress;




• Increase in welfare;




• Increased availability for family;




• Reduction of travel;




• Reduction in costs;




• Possibility of being your own boss;




• You can work without interruption;




• You can control the pace of work;




• Get more free time;

For companies:

• Increased productivity;




• Transformation of the cost structure of company;




• Flexibility in planning / organization of work;




• Recruitment more efficient / more objective;
  

For society:

• Reduction of pollution;




• Regional development;




• Flexibility of employment;

Disadvantages:

For teleworkers:

• It has co-workers;




• Difficulty in separating the life of life;




• Lack of methodology;




• Might have difficulty adapting to a new job is leaving to work at home;




• Social and professional isolation;




• Reduction of job opportunities;




• Family problems;




• Lack of legislation;




• The habit of work;
  

For companies:

• More difficult to control and supervise the work;




• Resistance to change;




• Decrease of cohesion within the company;




• Investment associated with equipment / technology-based services;




• Risks of security and confidentiality of information;
  
  

For society:

• Negative implications in the real estate market;




• Vulnerability to potential competition for labor and labor-foreign;




• Infoexclusion;
  

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