Most of the people has worked or still working from offices. Some working in their own, some working with other people… A lot of jobs are needed to be done in office. But now, things are changing. Technology is getting better and a lot of people are starting to work from home, and the numbers are increasing. For example, my mother is a psychologist and she has an office. She mostly works from her office but nearly 15% of the time she’s also working from home. For a job like this, I think it’s more effective to work face-to-face, but this is different than the other jobs that are done in office. Either way, some jobs can be both done from office, and also from home.
Some jobs such as hairstylists, retails, cannot be done from home, as they need physical contact, or other things. Maybe they will change in the future, still would need a lot time, but in my opinion some will never.
Now, we should be wondering, is working from home better or working from office? We should look at their pros and cons to decide that.
Firstly, we will look at the pros of working from home. Working from home is more practical, you can just get out of bed and start working, you wouldn’t need to get up that early because of the time the road will take, it will also save you a lot of gas money. Not only that, you would use your own equipment, and not offices. Well, in some jobs you might be able to use your own equipment in your office, but in some jobs, you might not be able to use your own.
When people see its pros, people could think that working from home is perfect, but like everything, it has cons too. For example, you will need to pay your electric bills yourself, you will need to pay for your own equipment, which will not be a big problem if your job pays you good, but you will still lose money for buying those items. You might also have the risk of lower productivity because there might be distractions near you. You can have this under control though. But you will do lack of physical activities and will have fewer social interactions. But you can do some physical activities at home yourself.
In my opinion, when I look at the pros and cons, I see that working from office is better only if you keep yourself in shape, go outside whenever you have some time off and keep exercising. You must keep your life in balance. Work isn’t the only thing you should focus in life; your health is the most important thing.