Good Speech “TELECOMMUTING”

                                         “TELECOMMUTING”

“Telecommuting” is a new working system which is giving a soft option to the office workers as it involves working from home for a part of the week and communicating with the office using electronic technology. This working system is now adopted by many companies all over the world.

Here we will discuss its pros and cons.

“Telecommuting” has brought about obvious changes in the traditional way of working in a normal office setup. Many big organizations like IBM, Accenture are using this concept successfully. Adopting this concept can change the functioning of any organization greatly.

As opposed to the environment in a normal office, there are less workers on any typical day. Social atmosphere of an organization is affected greatly. Colleagues are not able to maintain good social terms as they do not spend much time together. There may be lack of mutual understanding, harmony, cooperation and team spirit among the colleagues due to reduced direct communication. Frequent phone line disconnections or temporary service faults can ruin the functioning of this system and delay the work. A home based sedentary job can drastically affect the work efficiency of people. Companies may not get the maximum output from them if they become lazy in the comfortable environment at home.

Looking at the other side, an individual office worker has many substantial benefits by this system. He is able to save time getting dressed up and travelling to work. In fact, parents feel blessed as they see their children working at home in front of their eyes.”Telecommuters” are able to work as per their convenience. Those who wish to work more are able to do so. It is easy to manage household work and socializing also with work.

If this concept goes well, the structure of the urban life would change. There would be less vehicular rush on the roads during peak hours, and the companies would have to spend less in infrastructure and other facilities. Companies would not be bound to employ people from local area only, so they would not have to restrict their skill search to a certain area or city or country, but it can be around the world.