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10月12日 20100522NA Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Working at home using computers or telephones is better than working in the office.
The global world of work has witnessed radical changes in recent years, among which telecommuting, which guarantee the possibility of working at home, stands out as the most remarkable brainchild of the brand new era. A growing number of people choose to complete their work at home and communicate with their colleagues by using computers or telephones. But I do not consider this method is much better than working in the office, for long-distance working has plenty of drawbacks.
First and the foremost, the major disadvantage centers on telecommuting blurs the line between people’s leisure time and their work. People, who work in the office, have fixed office hours, generally from 9am until 5pm. The rest time, except for some specific occasions when they have to work overtime, is leisure time. However, if people start to work at home, they may feel unable to separate their lives from their occupations. They may start to check their emails once get up, and stay busy until late night. Without the time spends in commuting to their work places, they may actually work longer hours than their colleagues serving in offices.
Furthermore, the quality of work may suffer, for the reduced face-to-face interaction with other employees or supervisors. An essential element in the successful operation of a company is effective contact between co-workers. This contact not simply indicates making a few telephone calls or sending a few emails. It involves face-to-face discussions, brainstorming, persuasion or even arguments where innovative ideas and strategic decisions are created. This kind of working atmosphere can never be created in home conditions no matter how sophisticated the technology is.
Finally, once people start working away from the office, inevitably an increased sense of working for a task or a product will take the place of the decreased sense of working for an institution. Therefore, employers may feel less loyal to their companies and more inclined to change jobs or work part-time as long as it can provide reasonable pay and a flexible work schedule. Working in the office, on the other hand, often gives people a sense of belonging, a feeling that they are part of a larger group.
Apart from the disadvantages already mentioned, there are also drawbacks including loneliness, isolation, and laziness and so on. Therefore, this modern and attractive mode of working actually cannot compete with working in the office. |
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