The fact that stress among employees are rising, the working hours gets longer and illness is very normal, the firms are now trying to fight against the problem.
The new technology makes working at home, in the train, in the garden etc. possible. It is not necessary to be at the firm every day, because of the internet, mobile and e-mail. The employees are able to keep contact with the firm whenever they want to. And because of that the new idea with flexible working hours and working at home is very popular.
There are a lot of advantages in organizing your own working day and for instance work at home.
It is up to you when you want to work. It is a huge advantage for, for instance the B persons, who has many problems with the early mornings, and actually works the best in the late hours of the day, which not is possible at an office. You are not forced to work at home from 8-16, you can work whenever you want, and when it fits into your time schedule.
The higher positions at the job often result in more than 60 hours a week, which is hard to combine with a family life. If you work at home, you can take care of your family at the same time.
Generally, both of the parents are working which means it often is very difficult to combine with small children and institutions. It is also easier to spend some quality time together with your family, if you can organize your working day as you want. If the child has birthday and the kindergarten are invited over for coffee, then you can be together with your child and work in the evening. Or if you are going to the dentist or the doctor, you are able to go any time at the day.
If one of the parents always is at home, there are no problems with fetching the children at school or at the kindergarten. And the children are let off with being home alone for the little ones.
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