Some people think that the increasingly flexible working environment nowadays, such as working at home, has a positive impact on workers' lives. Others, however, feel this development is just a means for organisations such as private companies to exploit workers for profit. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Nowadays, employers are offering a flexible working environment to their employees such as 1workingwork from home or any other place of their own choice. This has become possible with the advancement of technology 2and has therefore dramatically improvedand hence dramatically improved workers’ performance. Some people argue that 3flexibility in work locationfreedom of working location significantly helps in reducing time and cost incurred on travelling and other expenses. Others claim that 4profit-oriented companiescompanies from lucrative business often adopt this trend only 5to increase their profitsbecause of their profit and this is negative for the employees in the long run. 6Firstly, workersFirstly workers spend 7a large amount of money and significant timea huge amount and significant time on travelling to and from their workplaces. This expenditure has to be 8paidpay 9out of employees' pocketsfrom employee’s pockets; thus 10allowing them to workallowing them work from home would substantially save their money. 11Secondly, workingSecondly working in a relaxing and stress-free 12environment drastically improvessituation drastically improve the quality of work and also reduce the 13time needed to complete taskstime for the accomplishment of tasks. 14Additionally, an employee gets an opportunity to spend more quality time with their family at home. However, a large number of 15employeesemployee 16are deprived of learningdeprive off from learning basic traits of office such as teamwork, dedication, punctuality and 17strategic planningstrategies forming in absence of professional working environment. Moreover, companies 18save a substantial amountsave handsome amount as they do not have to pay for building rent, bills and other expenditure incurred in running a business. 19On the other hand, employee pay is not commensurate with their efforts and skills. Since many companies do not need their employees to be present physically at the office, the authorities are taking 20advantageadvantages of this facility and creating negative impacts on the employee's future career. To sum up I would like to say professional workplaces 21provide a more conducive learning and working environment than homesprovide conducive learning and working environment than homes. Companies with free choice of work location are the main deterrent in employee’s future progress, as jobs ethics and behaviours can only be learned while working at a workplace.