More and more companies are allowing employees to work at home. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?
正确答案：
The rapid advancement of computerized technologies and the deepened division
of labor have made it possible for increasing number of individuals to
accomplish their daily routine at home. Yet whether this development could be a
blessing for not only employees but also for employers and the whole society has
evolved into a case that bothers businesses and governments worldwide. From my
own perspective, I agree that telecommuting would collectively bring more
benefits than harm to the general public.
To start with, citizens’ time, particularly of those who live in a distant
location from downtown area, can be saved and the depressing traffic congestion
will be eased to a large extent, provided that most workers could perform their
regular work at home (mostly online). Moreover, employees would feel more
relaxed and clear-minded in a familiar surrounding, which might improve the
quality and efficiency all together. By contrast, workers who are reluctant to
stay in the office merely try all sorts of maneuvers to kill time until 5pm. On
top of that, for certain companies like Google and Microsoft, granting employees
the priority to work at home is a highly advisable approach to decline the
expenditure on rent and furniture, which could eventually constitute a large
proportion of their overall budget.
Admittedly, a series of resulting drawbacks would also be brought with the
widespread of telecommuters. The primary one, undoubtedly, should be the absence
of teamwork, which is the key to success of majority of projects. In current
society, not only businesses but also individual workers have been increasingly
integrated with one another, and therefore separated employees can hardly
communicate and coordinate with their colleagues in person. Aside from that,
supervision would be confronted with various obstacles, and it is both immoral
and illegal to install a surveillance camera up the roof of employees’ home.
In a nutshell, even though permitting staff to work at home will inevitably
face the challenges from supervision and teamwork, I am still convinced that
teleworking, from an enlightened standpoint, should be encouraged publicly.
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