compare and contrast working from home and working at office
Will work from home become a new norm post-pandemic? These days, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a need for social distancing with it, and a historic worldwide work-from-home experiment as a result. Having time to evaluate their opinion of home working, employees are split on whether they’d rather work at home or in an office. One of the reasons is that there are many differences between a home-based job and an office-based job, the most notable of which are the commute, the work schedule, and the way employees communicate with others.
One of the major differences between a home-based job and an office-based job is the commute. Working from home means there is no commuting back and forth from work, there is no hurry in the morning to get ready and out the door by a certain time because the distance we have to travel is roughly the length of our living space. Instead of wasting time in traffic congestion, being unproductive, and on high alert during the whole commute journey, people can spend the extra time saved here for work tasks, for personal care and family. Meanwhile, for office workers, a morning routine can be a hassle due to the dreaded daily commute. According to Numbeo, the average daily commute for workers in Vietnam is 29.85 minutes, and in total, it takes us more than an hour there and back. Employees have to show up at 8:00 AM after suffering from heavy traffic under Vietnam’s hot and humid weather, only to then get stuck in a traffic jam for 30-60 minutes when coming back home.
Moreover, these two also differ in regard to the work schedule: home working offers flexible working hours, whereas office job offers a set schedule. A work from home policy allows employees to adjust the days and hours of work according to their preferences. It provides us with the absolute flexibility of choosing to work in our peak productivity hours and to take a break when energy levels are low. On the negative side, it may lead to difficulty in keeping work and home life separate. In contrast, office work demands alignment. The 9-to-5 work schedule has been the norm for many workplaces, despite the fact that some people might not be effective at all then. On the bright side, there’s a definitive start and stop time.
Another significant distinction is our ways of communication/how we communicate with each other. While face-to-face interaction and email are the most commonly and frequently used modes of workplace communication, tech tools and virtual conference platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack, etc. are essential for a distributed team to maintain communication. The advancement in digital technology within the last decade have greatly expanded our ability to telecommute and keep in touch with others without having to be physically present in the office. However, no matter how fast people respond to messages on Whatsapp or Slack, it is always more convenient to get things done when the person we need is in front of us. Even video calls, for one, aren't like being face-to-face in an actual office. In real-life conversation, we use not only words, but also a gazillion micro expressions as well as other non-verbal cues, and a lot of this is lost online.
In conclusion, working from home and working in an office is different in many ways namely commuting, working hours, and modes of communication. Depending on each individual’s needs and personality, one might prefer one working style to another and decide which might work best for them.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 466, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...ased job, the most notable of which are the commute, the work schedule, and the way employe...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 2, column 82, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...me-based job and an office-based job is the commute. Working from home means there is no co...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 2, column 131, Rule ID: COMMUTE_BACK_AND_FORTH[1]
Message: Use simply 'commuting'.
Suggestion: commuting
...te. Working from home means there is no commuting back and forth from work, there is no hurry in the mor...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 756, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: aren't
...front of us. Even video calls, for one, arent like being face-to-face in an actual of...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, moreover, so, then, well, whereas, while, in conclusion, in contrast, such as, as a result, as well as, in regard to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 15.1003584229 152% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 9.8082437276 92% => OK
Conjunction : 27.0 13.8261648746 195% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.0286738351 63% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 25.0 43.0788530466 58% => OK
Preposition: 85.0 52.1666666667 163% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 8.0752688172 161% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2928.0 1977.66487455 148% => OK
No of words: 593.0 407.700716846 145% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.93760539629 4.8611393121 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.93473315629 4.48103885553 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80606271889 2.67179642975 105% => OK
Unique words: 320.0 212.727598566 150% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.539629005059 0.524837075471 103% => OK
syllable_count: 922.5 618.680645161 149% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 9.59856630824 73% => OK
Article: 8.0 3.08781362007 259% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 1.0 3.51792114695 28% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.86738351254 375% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.94265232975 162% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.6003584229 126% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.1344086022 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.3571174863 48.9658058833 107% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.615384615 100.406767564 112% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.8076923077 20.6045352989 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.57692307692 5.45110844103 102% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.5376344086 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 11.8709677419 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.85842293907 181% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 11.0 4.88709677419 225% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.436164333741 0.236089414692 185% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.131977511348 0.076458572812 173% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.134185594745 0.0737576698707 182% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.29122074026 0.150856017488 193% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.169629360927 0.0645574589148 263% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 11.7677419355 112% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 58.1214874552 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 10.1575268817 117% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.67 10.9000537634 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.8 8.01818996416 110% => OK
difficult_words: 153.0 86.8835125448 176% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.002688172 115% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.0537634409 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.4 Out of 6.0
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 466, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...ased job, the most notable of which are the commute, the work schedule, and the way employe...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 2, column 82, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...me-based job and an office-based job is the commute. Working from home means there is no co...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 2, column 131, Rule ID: COMMUTE_BACK_AND_FORTH[1]
Message: Use simply 'commuting'.
Suggestion: commuting
...te. Working from home means there is no commuting back and forth from work, there is no hurry in the mor...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 756, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: aren't
...front of us. Even video calls, for one, arent like being face-to-face in an actual of...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, moreover, so, then, well, whereas, while, in conclusion, in contrast, such as, as a result, as well as, in regard to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 15.1003584229 152% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 9.8082437276 92% => OK
Conjunction : 27.0 13.8261648746 195% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.0286738351 63% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 25.0 43.0788530466 58% => OK
Preposition: 85.0 52.1666666667 163% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 8.0752688172 161% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2928.0 1977.66487455 148% => OK
No of words: 593.0 407.700716846 145% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.93760539629 4.8611393121 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.93473315629 4.48103885553 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80606271889 2.67179642975 105% => OK
Unique words: 320.0 212.727598566 150% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.539629005059 0.524837075471 103% => OK
syllable_count: 922.5 618.680645161 149% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 9.59856630824 73% => OK
Article: 8.0 3.08781362007 259% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 1.0 3.51792114695 28% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.86738351254 375% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.94265232975 162% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.6003584229 126% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.1344086022 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.3571174863 48.9658058833 107% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.615384615 100.406767564 112% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.8076923077 20.6045352989 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.57692307692 5.45110844103 102% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.5376344086 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 11.8709677419 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.85842293907 181% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 11.0 4.88709677419 225% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.436164333741 0.236089414692 185% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.131977511348 0.076458572812 173% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.134185594745 0.0737576698707 182% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.29122074026 0.150856017488 193% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.169629360927 0.0645574589148 263% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 11.7677419355 112% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 58.1214874552 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 10.1575268817 117% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.67 10.9000537634 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.8 8.01818996416 110% => OK
difficult_words: 153.0 86.8835125448 176% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.002688172 115% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.0537634409 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.4 Out of 6.0
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.