Global liberalization has demolished the geographical boundaries between the countries. Today, because of explosion of information technology and blessings of internet, anyone from anywhere can have access to anything in any corner of the globe. Among many benefits of the globalization, work at home is most prominent nowadays. Both the employer and the employee reap the benefit of the theme. Salient features as to why one should go for work at home both from the angle of hirer and hiree are jotted below:-
Employer's point of view :-
Benefits:-
1. Cost curtailment is the main concern today for any organization. Payment made to a home worker is no doubt is far less than that spent for a regular employee.
2. No outgoing of funds in the form of regular salary, provident fund or any other statutory liability, which in turn boost up the bottom line of an organization.
3. Agitation or unrest among regular employees for certain issues giving rise to industrial disputes is completely ruled out.
4. No continuous follow up or regular chasing for better output by supervising staff is required, thereby reduces number of supervisors and again reduction of overhead expenses.
5. Output is comparatively more in case of home workers than regular ones.
6. No need to possess huge office premises which leads to reduction of fixed overhead expenses by way of premises rent, electricity, telephone, etc.
7. Since the home professionals are scattered and thereby not united, do not have any bargaining power to pursue any enhanced demand of whatsoever.
8. No compensation is required to be made for any sort of unforeseen incidents of death or disability of home workers.
9. Due to the internet facility, institutions have the choice to get their works done by the home workers from any corner of the world depending upon the amount of money they are required to shade with, which again is controlled by availability of work force in that region or place.

Drawbacks:-
1. Because of the very nature of the scheme, no worker can be accountable for any type of misconduct or any sort of such nature.
2. Social obligation of an organization to the nation is primarily defeated to a great extent.
Employee's point of view:-
Benefits :-
1. No need to leave home and be away from family. Work may be attended from the comfort of own home.
2. Rescue from daily commuting to a distant office place, which means cost of transport and time is saved.
3. Unlike office duty, there is no time bound attendance and fixed timing for work at home. It may be finished in spare time leisurely after satisfying all other personal and family needs.
4. Official decorum is completely done away with, either in the form of dress code or any ethics of whatsoever nature. Sometimes it results in reduction of expenses also.
5. More time may be spent with family or devoted in other business. This may generate additional earnings.
6. Office remuneration is fixed as determined by regulatory authority or sometimes by mutual negotiation between the representatives of employees and the management. Individual worker has no means to augment the same whereas in home based work, every individual can boost up his earnings by encashing his spare time.
7. Official boredom, to be with the same set of furniture and colleagues is removed.
8. There is no eagle's eye of supervision from office boss for work at home.
9. Huge work force which could not secure a permanent office work or even the retired persons, students or housewives can manage to earn something by work at home.
Drawbacks :-
1. Sure and regular remuneration is not assured in case of work from home. It's based on no work no pay.
2. Superannuation benefits which accumulate to some handful amount are not available like office work.
3. Bargaining power with the employer is gone, since the home based workers has no forum to fight with.
4. Job security is completely absent as they are simply hired for the particular contract.
5. Compensation of any nature either for accident or death can not be claimed which otherwise could have been available for regular office workers.
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