Employment Practice : Homeworking - Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages and Disadvantages Homeworkers tend to have a lower incidence of absence and higher morale, than those working at traditional workplaces, with the added advantage of a greater number of productive hours. Advantages for the Employee avoidance of the stress and fatigue of travelling; being fresh when starting; avoidance of travelling costs; flexibility to carry out domestic obligations; avoidance of normal workplace distractions (noise, irrelevant conversation, phone bells and conversations, other interruptions etc.); and contribution to domestic living costs if a dedicated room is made available and 'rent' is paid. Advantages for the Employer ultimately less office and/or other space (which, almost certainly, will be more expensive than domestic space); lower rates of pay and oncosts (particularly for city commuters) as no allowance needs to be made for travel costs; and lower overheads (e.g. reduced catering, car parking and other ancillary space, lower security costs...