Since technology such as computers, Internet and high speed network has developed as time goes, it is now possible for workers to work remote from their offices at home. Some people may say that working at home is more beneficial than working in the office, explaining the convenience and effectiveness of remote working. However, I strongly believe that workers should work in the office rather than at home because of the importance of face-to-face communication when working in the office and the difficulty of self-discipline when working at home.
To begin with, the best way to communicate with others is face-to-face communication. That is, people find it is inconvenient and sometimes troublesome to communicate with others indirectly like via e-mails or telephones. The best example that illustrates the necessity of face-to-face is that most companies use meeting format to share and discuss their pressing and imperative business issues rather than email, online chatting, or phone. Even though they should spend lots of precious time and expenses to accommodate the participants to the meetings, they prefer gathering and having direct conversations to just corresponding with each other because they definitely feel that the results of physical meeting are a way more practical, time-saving and effective than indirect ones. Although there are many cutting-edge devices to support the remote communication, the only proper way to make the best of those devices is to use those as supplements to the direct meetings in inevitable situations.
What's more, it is very natural for a person to be distracted when he or she work alone at home. Some people might argue that they are able to concentrate on their tasks when they work alone. However, a series of psychological studies regarding the people's ability to focus according to their situation refute abovementioned statement. In a recent study, the persons who work with other people are more sensitive to their tasks and do more work than those who work alone. It says that some of the persons who work alone are easily to get distracted by doing other things that are not related to their own tasks. In this sense, working at office with other colleagues enables workers to get more productive outputs from their hardworking.
In sum, although technology make the remote working possible, many companies still need their employees to work in office because working with colleagues in office make their work more efficient and effective. The importance of face-to-face communication cannot be underestimated in any circumstance and the ignorance of people’s lack of self-discipline should be avoided. |