The Pros and Cons of Working from Home

Pros and Cons of Working from Home

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home may have seemed like a perk that only freelancers got to do. Now, many more full-time employees have experienced working remotely or in a hybrid role. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the pandemic has resulted in over one-third of companies across a wide range of industries increasing telework for some or all of their employees. The BLS also reports that around 60% of the organizations that expanded their telework options are planning to keep them indefinitely.

Multiple Choice

What percentage of companies plan to continue having employees work from home?

• 50%

• 60%

• 70%

• 80%

PRO: More flexibility to take care of appointments and errands

One of the hardest things about committing to a 9-5 desk job is that it prevents you from being able to handle almost anything else that comes up in your life, whether attending a routing dentist appointment or picking a sick kid up from school. When you work from home, while you still have to meet your deadlines and be available when you say you will be, you generally have wider opportunities to tend to other responsibilities.

Open Ended

Would you like to have a career where you worked from home? Explain why this would be a good choice for you.

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Open Ended

Of these two Pros, which do you consider more important to you? Explain.

Pro: the ability to live where you want to.

While some employers have restrictions about where you can live as a remote employee and may change your pay according to the area you reside in, a huge perk of the remote life is the ability to choose your location without needing to worry about a daily commute. Even if you're in a hybrid role or need to make occasional visits to the office for meetings, if you don't need to drive in each day, you have a wider range of possible places to settle besides right near the office

Multiple Choice

The biggest advantage for some people to working from home is

• the ability to live where you want

• having to drive 50 or more miles each day for work

• making too little money to live in many cities

• None of these are an advantage

Open Ended

Looking at the list on the previous slide, which two of the Cons do you agree with most and why?