Work from home: Advantage & disadvantage

Work from home’ is not a new concept in the corporate world, but a lot goes in to make it a success. It is a challenge to work professionally from the comfort of the confines of your home sweet home. Thanks to technology, many professionals prefer an option to work from home for different reasons. It goes without saying that discipline and time management is the key for people who work from home. There are advantages and disadvantages of ‘work from home’ but it surely is a trend that’s catching up. Sharlene Batlivala, a Public Relation professional who is happy to work from home uses her residence as office during the day and it is her home at night. “When you are working from home, it is very easy to get distracted by the TV, other family members or the fact that you can take a nap whenever you want. I don’t allow myself to laze around; my working hours are the same as any other office,” Sharlene shares.

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Medical Transcriptioner (Home Based) - II

With several transcription companies setting up their base in India, medical transcription has become a lucrative and feasible option for those looking for home-based careers Vatsala Bhatt, a nutritionist in a well-known health club in Bangalore, quit her job two years ago when she had a baby. Unable to move out, she started looking for a home-based career. She found the perfect option - medical transcription.

It worked out well for Vatsala, who now works for about six hours at home and makes Rs 10,000 per month or so. She also gets time to spend with her daughter. Vatsala is one among the many who discovered the comfort of working from home and be independent. Until recently home-based medical transcription was popular only among US based home transcriptionists. Now it's slowly gaining a foothold in India. That's good news for people who are compelled to work from home, either for health or for family reasons, and also for people who are looking at a second job to supplement their income.

The system here works on two models. In some companies, which offer 'work-from-home' opportunities transcriptionists can opt to work out of home once they have reached the required level of proficiency. In the second model, the person willing to work from home pays the company a non-refundable deposit in the range of Rs.10, 000 or so. The company then installs a whole suite of licensed software in his/her home PC. The deposit is collected to cover the software costs and to establish the transcriptionist's commitment levels.

It makes a lot of sense for companies to allow employees to work from home. According to Sreekumar, programme co-ordinator of Spryance, "Greater quality control is possible with home transcriptionists." Boston based Spryance set shop in India in 2000 with the prime intention of promoting home-based transcription.

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