5 Disadvantages Of Working From Home | A Look Into
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- Working from home can look like you're that college graduate who lives in their parents' basement. But instead of playing video games, you're actually working a full-time job.
However, this freedom comes with plenty of discipline and its own disadvantages.
Special thanks to Derek Toh at WOBB for his thoughts on the topic, along with Timothy and Ellia for sharing their experiences with us.
Further reading & sources
Statistics on job flexibility demand:
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Statistics on work pressure:
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Ryan Hooper quote:
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Keeping electronics in the room worsens sleep:
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Yahoo & IBM ban workers from telecommuting
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www.businessin...
Association of Psychological Science: How Effective is Telecommuting?
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Following a strict schedule is the easiest way to separate work from home for me, I haven't found that aspect of work from home to be detrimental
Dang... sick edits & flow
This channel seriously deserves more subs. Shoutout here from Taiwan!
Thank you. Currently studying for my business exam.
I don't get lonely working from home, I am introverted 😅
Me too...this job really works for introverts...
Alison Parkinson yes we Introverts prefer working from home. Fuck people. I’m here to do my job anyways.
Introverts Unite!
same here!
wooohooo !
Cap, I love working from home. No cons for me, at all! I get face to face interaction every time I leave the house or visit friends. I work more effectively because no distractions from co workers talking.
I don't feel tempted to get chores done or feel the need to switch on the TV while working from home. This video should have made it clear that these claims don't apply to absolutely everyone. The key for me being able to 100% work from home successfully over the last 20 months is having a desk and work station set up that mirrors what I used to have in the office, so that it 'feels' like I'm in the office (my employer provided my chair, keyboard, mouse, monitor etc.). If you're lucky enough to actually have an office room / study in your house, that helps even more.
I definitely agree with all the disadvantages explained in this video. I have worked at an office, school, or student's house most of my life, not only for employed work. but also for my freelance teaching and editing work, because (a) I have mostly been in less developed countries where the technology to work from home didn't exist; and (b) because I didn't have my own computer...I like to use only desktop computers, and, since I move around a lot, rather than buying one, I prefer to just use the one at the office or school or go to a library or Internet cafe. Then, from 2017-19, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, for the first time, because I finally had a fairly decent apartment with a separate room (rather than just a shared hostel) and a desktop computer, I mostly worked from home.
I suffered from all the the problems that are mentioned in the video...loneliness was the worst one, especially since I worked from a desktop computer using my Internet that was included with my rent, so I didn't have the flexibility of going to a cafe or other place, and because all the other people in my apartment building were Thais who didn't speak English. Previously, I had been mostly working in NGO offices and teaching English classes, and I had done thesis and manuscript editing work in person with university students (mostly needy scholarship students from Africa and Bangladesh) on their own laptops. Now I had to do it at home without the student present...instead of explaining the grammar problems to the students, I had to type the explanations in bold purple yellow highlighted comments, the typing of which added much time to the editing work. My new customers, who were mostly Chinese and Thai students who were good in reading and writing English but didn't speak much, preferred the new system, because they didn't have to sit with me while their work was being edited, and they could put the comments through Google Translate into Chinese or Thai. However, it wasn't nearly as enjoyable for me, and the students also didn't learn as much English, as they didn't get any speaking practice. I was able to work in my housecoat, and I missed getting dressed up to go to class or to meet my students: my large wardrobe of Punjabi suits and long skirts and my large jewelry collection sat largely unused, except when there were religious events or city festivals.
Getting distracted was a big problem also, especially with the construction noise going on most of the daytime and the traffic noise in the evenings and early mornings in the busy part of the city where I was located, and with the fact that cleaning up after meals or anything IMMEDIATELY is a major imperative in Thailand's hot, humid climate. As I was in a typical Thailand apartment with only a bedroom, bathroom, and balcony, I had to sit and eat in the same room where I also worked on my computer, and also keep my food (most of which I got just once a week from a Hindu temple where I did cleaning work every Tuesday after the dinner) in that room. And MESSY Indian food with lots of gold turmeric dye. So I was cleaning, cleaning, cleaning all the time! Between Tuesday evening and Saturday, sometimes, for 4 days, I didn't go any further away than the dustbin or the 7-11 store downstairs, or maybe the Buddhist temple down the road.
Not having enough sleep and working 24/7 was also a major issue. However, I think it was an issue mainly because I had such a small apartment and had to work on my desktop computer in the same room where I slept. Previously, when I had lived in Malaysia, I had shared a large, 2-floor apartment with five other roommates, and used a desktop computer, which I also shared with them, set up in the front room area. If I had been able to set up my desktop computer in a different room from my sleeping room, then, I don't think I would have had a problem with this. But at least I was my own boss, with only customers and no employer...and, moreover, my customers treated me in a respectful way, as I was not only their editor, but also their teacher, and there were few others to whom they could go with my skills and qualifications who would do the work at such a low price. And Master and Ph.D. editing work is still something which has to be mostly planned in advance and done for full concentration on a good computer in long work sessions. If I had been an employee and in a situation where I had to work mostly from a phone or do a lot of multitasking, then I would have been downright stressed out all the time!
Anyway, I think that whether or not to work from home depends on the individual's personality, whether or not you are an introvert or an extrovert, and whether or not it is important to separate your work life from your personal life (which is more important for people of some cultures, and, among Westerners, seems to be more important for people of my pre-Internet generation or older than among younger people).As well as on the type of work involved, and on how nice your home is and on what facilities are there. My mom is a freelance photographer and writer, and she's always worked from home...has refused to ever have any kind of an office job. She loves it. And she lives in her own house with a large kitchen and garden in a rural area of the North Georgia Mountains. She operated a small online handicraft business also successfully from her home. Because she's shy, selling the items online is much less stressful for her than dealing with the customers in person would be. But she also has many distractions, with having had many sick family members and pets to take care of at home, as well as lots of work in the garden...plus there are no shops there that are walking distance, and she has to cook every meal, as readymade food is a lot more expensive in the U.S. than in Thailand or Malaysia.
In the past, working from home has been largely a matter of choice. The problem is now, with COVID-19, it is becoming a norm in many areas of the world. So now, so many people who just don't have the personality or interest to work at home are forced into it, as well as people who just don't have nice homes with sufficient space and privacy to work, or who don't have equipment such as a desktop computer. Working from home, you incur many costs...I learnt that, when I saw the electricity bill every month...I had never had an electricity bill to pay before, as I used the free electricity at the university Faculty or my students' dorms or the library..I had to buy a lot more office supplies and household items and spent a lot more generally, since I spent a lot more time at home as compared to when I was working at outside locations. And I fear that many employers are taking advantage of this...they are learning that they can save so much money and get more profits when they don't have to provide office space, electricity, computers, or other facilities for employees. So now, in the future, under the "New Normal," maybe people who don't have nice homes won't be able to get good jobs???
Notice how nobody read all of that
Exactly, don’t do that again
@@Magoo7956 I read all of it. I am interested to see how WFH is impacting different members of society in the present and future. Jenny provided a very insightful and personal anecdote, which I REALLY appreciate.
I did online school for 2 years feel like this would be a breeze
Well I hate people so this works and dont work from your bed...duh.
STARISE SUN yea I think it’s an unwritten rule. You should have work desk. Bed is only for sleeeping and fucking that should be it.
Working from home is not for me!! Home is for relaxing and office is for work.
Some of our teammates at Vulcan Post share the same sentiment to 😄
So why don't people say companies that we want to come back to office
I tend to watch videos like th is when I should be working.
People need social interactions? That's so 1900s xd
none of these are true at all. I love working from home, there are zero cons or disadvantages, it's the best work experience I've ever had.
But the problem is that you work from the home emptying out office supplies from local stores than getting your supplies from your employer. There has been a major ink cartidge shortage at all of the stores that I have went to and that due to work at home people are using company's expense account to buy up all of the ink cartidges than going to the office to obtain your supplies. I was asking why my on line order for ink cartridge was canceled, it was due to you people buying up all of the supplies than getting your supplies from your employer.
Is there a link/source for the Reverie market research?
Done like & comment. Thanks to me later 😁
Btw,
Cool post, thanks for sharing
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Hi there! You can find the song at our end credits.
@@Vulcanpost thank you! now my school project will look complete......thank you....thank you......thankyou!
@@yugamakharia6969 how was your school project ?
@@Trisin-m3i thanks for asking
It was nott good but i got first idk how
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I don’t have interactions with people? SIGN ME UP. People are stupid lol
Work from home makes you even more lazy I blame the USA for this