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For people working from home, there is the temptation to keep on working, especially if deadlines have to be met. That is ok if there are also times of less work which even themselves out. Apparently reports suggest that home workers are more productive and more committed to the employer than office based staff. It can be useful for the employer to have someone who can work out of hours and it can be argued that they save on accommodation although this could be insignificant if only a small number of employees work from home regularly.
There is the issue of trust i.e. the employer has to trust the employee to get on with work. This can make it easier to work from home for an employer who already knows you.
It is lovely to avoid commuting every day. I think different people like different aspects of home working e.g. working in jeans and t shirt. Some of the possible disadvantages for employees include the lack of social contact, being overlooked for promotion or training because of being out of sight.
A particular job search web site currently has 31,621 IT jobs within the last 7 days. A search for "work from home" returns 75. A search for "home based" returns 119.
Some of the "work from home" and "home based" jobs require attendance on site for more than 1 day per week.
Oh well... I guess I’ll keep searching.
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