Working from home: disadvantages

Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for many people worldwide to stay at home and isolate themselves, there has been a huge uptake in the number of people working from home.

There are undoubtedly a lot of advantages of working from home (especially when there is a global pandemic happening), but are there any drawbacks? Of course there are, because there is always two sides to a story (= differing views about a topic).

Watch the video, make notes and identify the five disadvantages of working from home.

Now, watch again and listen closely to complete the five sentences below with NO MORE than TWO WORDS from the video.

1. Because there are no set office hours when you work from home, you are always on __________

2. Being alone while you are working from home can lead to a sense of _____________

3. There is a blurring of the distinction between a work place and a place ___________

4. Productivity can be affected because people don't receive ______________

5. Distractions and disturbances at home can weaken your ________________

When you are ready, enter your answers in the test sheet below