What are the benefits and disadvantages of online jobs over traditional jobs?
We live in an era of technological changes, where so many things have evolved
gradually or drastically by necessity. The way we do our jobs is one of them. For instance,
the COVID19 pandemic has pushed companies to adopt online jobs very fast in order to
survive. An online job is any job that allows you to work from home. On the other hand,
traditional jobs require you to move daily to a specific location decided by your boss. So, in
order to have a better comprehension of what is happening, this essay will do a comparison
between both modalities to inform people. Both traditional and online jobs are part of working
reality, even though they are very different in terms of schedule flexibility and costs
reductions for either employee or employer, they are very similar in terms of goals.
One of the first differences between traditional jobs and online jobs is the schedule. In
a traditional job every worker must mobilize to a specific place at a specific hour. In fact, this
has been the way most people have worked for centuries. Moreover, this way of working
serves one main purpose for the employers which is that they can control the amount of
work hours are done in a day. On the other hand, online jobs have no fixed schedule in
most of the cases. Therefore, people can work at the pace they want or can. Additionally,
most of the people in this system work from home and have to equilibrate house duties. For
instance, a mother working from home has to take care of their children while she solves job
issues. To sum up, what really matters in an online job is not how much time a person is
working in front of a computer, but the accomplishment of objectives.
Additionally, the costs inherent to a workplace is the second difference between these
two ways of work. In traditional jobs, employers must give all the equipment, furniture and
sometimes uniforms in order to start working. Furthermore, in some cases, the law obligates
the employer to spend a lot of money to comply with safety regulation. Even though these
regulations are necessary, the expenses can diminish profits. In contrast, the online jobs are
not heavily regulated as traditional jobs. As a result, the employer can save a lot of money
by avoiding these responsibilities. In fact, employees put their own internet, electric power,
furniture and space. For instance, one of the most common things employers have to put by
themselves are computers. However, this may not represent a problem for some people who
focus on saving time and money in transportation. To summarize, online jobs can translate
into cost savings for employers more than for employees, at least until regulations catch up.
Finally, both ways of work coincide in their goals which are to make profit and be
sustainable. Either online or traditional the reason to have a business is to make money from
it. In order to achieve that, employers want the more productive workers. For example, in the
case of online jobs, people are not wasting time dressing in white collar or stuck in traffic
jams, they only have to focus on delivering what they have been asked to. In the same way,
another important goal is the sustainability of businesses, which the online jobs have helped
a lot in 2020. For instance, the option of online jobs has helped thousands of people amidst
the COVID 19 pandemic to not lose their source of income and employers a way of
continuing working and cushion the loss of profits. Moreover, Governments have realized the
benefits of both types of jobs and made them equal before the eyes of labor legislation. To
be brief, online jobs as well as traditional jobs make a good option to keep companies
running and generating income.
In conclusion, the differences between online and traditional jobs carry benefits and
disadvantages for employers and employees both in schedule and costs. However, they
share a similar goal which is to make profit and stay in business. Currently, we are facing a
hard economic situation and despite our personal conception of how a job should be, we
must embrace the opportunities that either online or traditional jobs give to us and take the
most out of it.
Abstract
We life in a time when technology is changing our daily life. Consequently, one of the things
that are changing the most are our jobs. The possibility of working remotely thanks to the
internet has brought some doubts about the future. Thus, I would like to give some lights
about this topic and maybe erase some misconceptions from our mind. It is important to
know the upsides and downsides of this new and inevitable way of work. The current essay
addresses two differences between online and traditional jobs, but it also focuses on the
similarity to reach goals. In order to be more neutral, the essays will show the perspective
from both sides, employers and employees. The essay will present the changes in schedule,
reductions on costs and the occurrence of new ones. Finally, the similarity on goals and how
sustainability matters will give an insight on what matter in this time of pandemic.
Keywords: Online Jobs, Traditional Jobs, Job Schedule, Work Costs, Goals,
Sustainability.