ICT & Teleworking

THE INDIVIDUAL Teleworking can benefit the individual in numerous ways. Working from home avoids both the high costs and stress often associated with commuting to work. It also allows a certain amount of comfort that cannot be achieved in an office environment, as you are working in your own native environment, the home. Teleworking gives more flexibility, especially in working hours, or working in other locales. For example, work can be done at night, or …

…in commuters creates less pollution, traffic and transport problems. As the work is not dependent on location, many more people can find jobs that are not in their vicinity; thus, unemployment falls. Despite this, workers can become isolated as they less frequently leave the home, affecting the fabric of society. As workers are decentralised and spread about, use of resources such as power, heat, etc. will increase, possibly contributing to processes such as global warming.