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With information and communications technologies increasingly
“liberating” workers from the daily trawl to work; new reports
are highlighting the both positive and negative sides of working
from home.
The financial and time benefits of avoiding the journey to work
are particularly relevant and with direct computer access
available the majority of tasks can now be completed away from
the office. From relaxed and private surroundings, one might
argue that many people can and would produce better results,
with improvements in their quality of life and more flexibility
where children are concerned. But is this usually the case?
A recent study of self-employed teleworkers has shown that far
from being their own boss, most find their working hours
controlled by their employer’s deadlines.
Possible insecurity of
workflow means that work often comes before taking time out with
the family. As a result, longer work hours are not uncommon,
with 20% of those in this survey regularly putting in over 50
hours and 9% at least 70 hours.
Indications are that increasing numbers will be spending at
least part of each working week from a home base, but for many
this will not provide the ideal and expected outcome.
