Remote Working with Work-life Balance

Abstract

By late of the year 2019 and early of the year 2020, the new Coronavirus, called “COVID-19”, rapid spread all over the world. So people should isolate in their home, to have social distancing to prevent the spreading of the COVID-19. All businesses then sudden turn to an adopted virtual organization, entirely digitized, by remote working from home. The employees work at home using communication tools to connect with a remote computer site. A flexible work arrangement means adjustment working time at their home for a better work-life balance. In contrast, work-family conflict occurs when there are tension and strain between the roles undertaken in the separate domains of work and family. The advantages of remote working such as cut the cost of travel from home to office and return home, saving time. This remote working also saves resources of the organization, including electrical and water consumption. The disadvantages of remote working are as follows. Remote workers will depend on using ICTs. Due to the amount of Internet usage will be increased, not as usual, while their computer may be outdated. So the organization should support the employees to work from home, for example, extra payment for Internet usage or give a net sim to the employees for work from home. Importantly, work from home may face work-family conflict. The successful to adopted remote working is not only by employees but also employer as well. The director or boss should understand the factors which impact to finish the tasks, have a good plan, provide availability and flexibility of work, and aimed at the outcome. There are various applications to support work from home. If the organizations should pay for the apps, they have to concerned about the difference in price, features, and it’s easy to use.
Keywords- Remote work, virtual organization, work from home, work-life balance, work-family conflict