Working Online

from Home

OUMH1303
ENGLISH FOR ORAL COMMUNICATION
SEPTEMBER 2017
What is working online?
Working online is working through the
media of the internet as an intermediary
between us with network client or people in
need of our services (Jesaffi, 2015).
 Why is it so?
Work is possibly and
somehow, easily to be
done online with the
advance of technology.

to find additional
income
1 Flextime
• free to determine the working hours
• to give better attention to the family
2 Save costs
• many hidden costs are saved
• saving on children’s care arrangements
3 not to face with traffic congestion
• wasting too much time to get to work
 4 Less stressful
• no need commuting at rush hour
• without the existence of office politics
 5 Productivity increased
• Getting rid from the stresses and distractions
at the workplace
 6 Get better health
• the commuting time saved enables anyone
to resume physical exercise
1 Distractions
• different distractions in home environment

2 Isolation
• reduce interaction and experience exchange
among co-workers
3 A need for high self-discipline
• takes a lot of dedication, self-control and
discipline to motivate oneself to persevere in
working at home

4 Work endlessly
• the lack of physical separation between
home and work
• there are both
advantages and
disadvantages of
working online from
home
• keep work-life balance