5 Reason of why employees prefer working from home than office

Covid 19 has tested our adaptability in a real tough way by making us acquainted with so many new normal like always mask on, frequent sanitizing of hands, sanitizing of everything that we bring from outside, restricted celebration, and traveling and working and schooling from home. Although all these things were tough initially, gradually it got weaved in our routine such a way that now we don’t want to go back to our old life. One such instance is working from home. Working from home was challenging at first but today when offices are planning to bring all the working systems to the office, the majority of employees still want to work from home.

The study has revealed that 82% of employees have said that they prefer working from home than from the office. 64% of employees have been told that they feel more productive and less stressed while working from home. Remote working has given a sense of new flexibility to both employees and employers. Let’s discuss the reasons for which employees prefer work from home over work from the office.    

Balanced life

Until corona happened employees were juggling between home and office to strike a balance. But it’s almost impossible to make both home minister and job minister happy all the time. But working from home has been a blessing in disguise since people are able to get more time to spend with their family. Even they are able to contribute more in household work, which gives them a feeling of contentment. And this contentment helps them perform better in their professional work, so now a home minister and job minister both are happy with employees.  

Less commute stress

Along with the pressure of work, reaching the workplace on time with conquering all the peak time traffic gives us a sense of winning the battle every morning. With an increased population, the consumption of vehicles has also been increased which contributes to uncontrollable traffic. The average one-way commuting time in the US is 27min, which means it takes them 1 hour for up and down for work. Culture insurance center reported that commuters spend almost about 100 hours commuting and 41 hours stuck in traffic. This leads to increased stress and anxiety about reaching the destination on time. Stress and anxiety in person leads to various chronic disease like Higher cholesterol, Elevated blood sugar and Increased risk of depression

Location Independence.

Work from home doesn’t only mean from your home but from wherever you want. Even you can work from some exotic place, which allows you to have a vacation with your family after your vocational hours. This also meant that for your work you don’t need to shift at the places your office, you can work from your hometown. This helped in avoiding shifting in metro cities and costly home rents. Work from home has broken that boundaries or states and even countries to get placed in dream organizations.

Improved inclusivity

Working from home is not beneficial for only employees but for employers as well. Remote work allowed employers to hire from different socioeconomic geographic and cultural backgrounds with diverse perspectives.   This way employers have got a wide range of options for selecting the right candidate. This is not possible if the work location is fixed, as not everyone can’t afford to relocate to the workplace due to some reasons.  

Increased productivity and performance

One of the reasons behind the increased productivity of employees is fewer interruptions and fewer office politics. Work from home has allowed employees to pursue some of their favorite hobbies which also keeps their dopamine high and helps them to perform effectively during working hours.    

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