increase+in+teleworking+and+the+virtual+office

= **Increase in teleworking and the virtual office** = Telework is a work arrangement where the employees don’t have to come to a central place of work. Instead, they commute and work using the telecommunication links. These telecommunications include not only internet as general, but also telephone, fax and video. But, usually the Teleworking is relied upon by the internet.

The virtual office is an internet office which allows clients to use using internet instead of using a physical office. This usually takes the form of websites and the customers could further communicate using fax, telephone, e-mail, and virtual meeting rooms.

Using Teleworking reduces the distance restriction of using a central place of work. The use of Teleworking would benefit largely to the employees who live far away from a central place of work, because this saves significant amounts of travel time and cost. Also, it allows more employability of parents with small children, and the handicapped.

Teleworking is seen as a solution to traffic congestion, due to them not having to ride their cars every morning to go to work therefore traffic would be reduced. This will also reduce pollution. Teleworking allows employees to relax in their sofas at home, and choose when to have their breaks and there will be no pressure over what they have to do.

A disadvantage of teleworking would be the management of employees. The common solution for this is to give an assignment with a due time.

The major problem however, is the security and the management of the telecommunication to work properly. There might be problems caused by miss typed information, for example, the employer giving wrong assignments to wrong employee, or giving 700 words report instead of 500 words. Although this could be solved if the employer is cautious, it is a common mistake occurring because it is easier to make a mistake when we are using a machine rather than using our mouth.

The malfunctioning of the telecommunication would also be a big problem. For example, if the internet was down, then, the employers would have a trouble sending the assignments or information to employees. Or even worse, if the employee’s computer got a virus and it erased all the reports he wrote, and then he would be fired because employer thought he didn’t finish the assignments. This would be very unfair for the employee, and the reasoning out that he got a virus would not really work, because the employer might think that the employee is blaming it on the virus. The solution to this is to maintain a high security system, which would cost the employers, and also to maintain better telecommunication devices.

The virtual office would have all the advantages the Teleworking have and also saves the employer a lot of money, because the cost for a central office is not required. The virtual offices have a productive customer services through intercommunicating, which is efficient and comfortable.

The problem with the virtual office though is that the intranet access to the telecommuter may be slow due to telephone or modem connections. Use of groupware, browsing, and downloading also may be slow due to the same reason. Therefore, the customers might face great discomfort using this.

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