Question

List three jobs in which working from home is infeasible. Explain why remote work doesn’t work for everyone.

Answer 1

List three jobs in which working from home is infeasible:

Sales:

Sales is a pretty tough gig even when you’re not working from home. This work is actually quite competitive. Just think how many of your social media pals are constantly hocking some product or another. Do you really want to be that person who drives their family and friends crazy with constant promotional blasts?

Cold Calling :

This work is never fun, no matter where you’re making your calls. Lead generation is necessary for a lot of businesses, but unless you have nerves and personality of steel, it’s miserable work calling uninterested parties and trying to get them interested before they hang up on you in a huff.

MLM :

Direct sales gigs sound really promising out of the gate. Work from home, unlimited earning potential, being your own boss, but keep normal(ish) hours… But you’ll be on the hook to sell to everyone all the time, and this can get exhausting. It’s also very tough to do in a saturated market.

Explain why remote work doesn’t work for everyone:

1. Remote work requires LOTS of self-responsibility and self-motivation

Picture your work day, priorities and deadlines. Now picture attempting to execute and deliver your best solutions to them all without your manager or teammates around you. Working remotely will test your motivation, as your employer will still expect the same level of great work to be done, as if you were in a physical office.

If you find it difficult to execute goals and priorities without supervision or management within close proximity, working remotely is probably not the best setting for you.

2. Working in an isolated setting can put a damper on things like happiness, collaboration and creativity

If you’re currently satisfied with your job’s office-setting, you might want to stay there! Research shows that working from home can be beneficial, but in small doses. According to Fusion, people who work remotely roughly two days per week report decreased job satisfaction, due to isolation and being alone too much of the day.

In addition to a decrease in overall satisfaction, you risk missing out on organic moments of team collaboration. Remote meeting softwares and wifi can take you so far while working from home, but instances of walking over to a coworker to quickly share a brainstorm or idea are invaluable.

These key elements of natural in-person collaboration are hard to replace while working remotely.

3. “Flexible” office hours can translate to “endless” office hours

The flexibility of working from home is appealing to so many, because of the fact that you can set your own hours - meaning, hours you’re online or available to work. But that in itself is also the downfall.

When you leave an office setting, that’s the most obvious physical representation that you’re done working. Alternatively, when you’re working remotely, you can’t always convey that to your coworkers, so they may be more likely to call on you for deadlines at all hours of the day, night or weekend.

It takes that much more structured work and effort on your part to make sure everyone on your team knows and understands when you’re done working remotely for the day or week.

4. Distraction is deadly

You know those things you think about as your mind drifts occasionally during the work-day? Laundry you have to do, dishes left in the sink, a prescription you have to pick up…

When you work remotely, you’re more likely to actually stop what you’re doing and take care of those things, which is a huge deterrent to productivity and focus. The line is blurred when working from home, as you’re in the same setting as the one you wake up, do chores and host a family in.

5. Maintaining workplace and client relationships takes more effort than ever

If you’ve established meaningful relationships with your teammates, employers and clients or customers, working remotely could threaten to interrupt the time and effort you’ve put there. It’s much harder, and sometimes impossible depending on schedules, to join for meetings, lunches and networking events when you’re working remotely, and that’s valuable face-time that can take you out of a tight-knit group.

Hope this may help you.

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