More and more companies are allowing employees to work at home. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

With the advent of the computer and the widespread use of the internet, people have changed the way they perform everyday tasks. An increasing number of corporations believe in letting employees work full-time or part-time from home and thousands of people 1are freelancingare doing freelancing to 2earn a livingearn their livings. The following essay will discuss 3the advantages and disadvantages of this changethe pros and cons sides over this change.

A recent poll shows that people lose self-control and discipline easily while they perform professional work via telecommuting. 4Because people are given more freedoms to deal with the tasks and without a strict deadline, they often mixed their professional attitude with their personal life. They often lie to their employers and thus perform poorly.

5On the contrary, imagine that there is no one looking over your shoulder and enforcing strict hours and because of that you may feel tempted to work endlessly. That can strongly 6affect how effectively you workinfluence your working effectively. Therefore, 7other issues emergethere are other issues emerged that employees can't get along well with others since 8everyone is just concentratingeveryone just concentrating on their missions and 9employees can easily be overlookedit's easy to be overlooked.

10Nevertheless, other people propose that the argument above is merely a one-sided story, by working at home you save on many hidden costs associated with going to work. These include costs of commuting, 11purchasing a carcar purchasing, fuel costs, and parking 12feesspots 13Deleteas well. Moreover, flexible time and comfortable workplace provides employees 14more inspiration and creativitymore inspirations and creatively, since 15thinking outside the boxthinking out of the box is essential for those who work in advertising companies, IT firms and in other fields of 16workworks that require creativity. Without 17stressthe stresses and strict monitoring from the office, working independently in their own preferred environment at their own pace, professionals are often a lot happier and a lot more productive.

In conclusion, it depends on 18companies' current circumstancescompanies current situations to consider whether to 19allow employees to workallow employees work from home or not. 20InFor my view, as a designer, I prefer to work from home since it gives me more 21inspirationinspirations and freedom.