Pros of working from home:
- My own bathroom
- My own kitchen
- No commute
- Incredible flexibility
Pros from working at an office:
- Someone can print a meme and post it in the bathroom for me to look at
- My own bathroom
- My own kitchen
- No commute
- Incredible flexibility
Pros from working at an office:
- Someone can print a meme and post it in the bathroom for me to look at
forced to engage in "funtivities"
mandatory lunches with people who find mayonnaise too spicy.
spend your money and time commuting
we've got a mandatory meeting at 6pm, so you're gonna need to find your way back to the office after you're done.
- possibly fewer home-based distractions and interruptions
- not living at work
- increased privacy for employees
- increased autonomy for employees
- increased flexibility for employees
- neutralizes many office-based company rules and restrictions
- makes employee surveillance more difficult
- undermines supervisor role of monitoring and control
- public shaming, punishment and abuse tactics are less effective
- less visibility for supervisors
- less empowering/status-enhancing for supervisors
- possibly smaller and less important role of company in employees' lives
etc.