There are advantages and disadvantages for employees working at home such as:

1. Working from home can help parents with childcare.
2. It gives disabled people a more flexible way to join the society.
3. increase motivation and reduces stress and sickness levels.
4. Saves office space and reduves cost.

However, there are a number of potential drawbacks:

1. Difficult to manage and monitor performance.
2. Reduction in employees' skills and work quality.
3. Training and providing suitable equipment.
4. Difficult to maintain staff development and upgrading skills
5. Increased risk of information-security
6. Increase in telecommunications costs.
7. Hard to maintain team spirit for certain types of jobs

By Nizr Malab | February 14, 2009 11:03 AM