Although there are advantages and disadvantages to home-based workers for both the employer and employee the disadvantages to employer, employee, and society in general can be summarized as:
it increases the overall costs to everyone: employers, employees, and society.
it decreases everyone’s competitive advantage.
it decreases important social interaction between and among employees on a number of levels, resulting in a change in the social network and corporate culture.
it increases theft because employees are likely to take more office supplies home, which changes their overall attitude about honesty.
Answer
it decreases important social interaction between and among employees on a number of levels, resulting in a change in the social network and corporate culture.
Explanation
It is important to note also that there may be cultural barriers if you’re hiring a remote worker from another country and also there is the risk of losing the corporate culture which is basically what determine how a company’s employees and management interact and handle outside business transactions. Additionally, a person working from home may not promote the togetherness we always experience when working as a group which can help creating new solutions and ideas that may be beyond the scope of any one individual.
