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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 13.1623246493 175% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 27.0 10.4138276553 259% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 24.0651302605 104% => OK
Preposition: 85.0 41.998997996 202% => Less preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 13.0 8.3376753507 156% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2928.0 1615.20841683 181% => OK
No of words: 593.0 315.596192385 188% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.93760539629 5.12529762239 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.93473315629 4.20363070211 117% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80606271889 2.80592935109 100% => OK
Unique words: 320.0 176.041082164 182% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.539629005059 0.561755894193 96% => OK
syllable_count: 922.5 506.74238477 182% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Article: 8.0 2.52805611222 316% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 0.809619238477 865% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.76152304609 168% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 16.0721442886 162% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.3571174863 49.4020404114 106% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.615384615 106.682146367 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.8076923077 20.7667163134 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.57692307692 7.06120827912 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.01903807615 80% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.9879759519 176% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 11.0 3.4128256513 322% => 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 0.244688304435 178% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.131977511348 0.084324248473 157% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.134185594745 0.0667982634062 201% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.29122074026 0.151304729494 192% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.169629360927 0.056905535591 298% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 13.0946893788 101% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 50.2224549098 98% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.67 12.4159519038 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.8 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 153.0 78.4519038076 195% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 61.797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.5 Out of 9
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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.