WFM is becoming popular in Philippine employment industries. WFM or Work from Home job is a mobile or remote job. Many companies world wide are into business process outsourcing and now offering high paying job ranging from PHP 20K – PHP 40K depends on the technicality.

I have this friend, it’s her second day on the job and she feel it less stressful and comfortable than the previous jobs she was into. She commented: “Yesterday, I wake up at around 7:45 AM… brushes my teeth and open my computer, and there I’m ready to work…” She’s working as a SEO/Researcher in an Australian company and she’s receiving PHP 27,500 per month for a 5 days a week 8AM – 5PM job. “I no longer battle apocalyptic weather during a typhoon only to be told work has been cancelled…I no longer break into a panic when news of a transport strike is announced” She also added.

Pretty Good Huh? I believe that, like other jobs there are some disadvantages working from home.

(1) Loneliness – if you are a people person like me, one thing you will probably miss most when you make the transition from full time work to working from home is contact with other people. If you are working alone from home you just need to be sure to have some contact with others. You could do this by meeting people for a quick lunch, going to the gym during the day, arranging to meet friends more often in the evening, partnering with other people for certain parts of your business or joining a club.

(2) No Perks or Benefits – you may be used to having benefits such as medical insurance, bonuses, pension contributions and a car allowance. When you start working for yourself full time you will lose the majority of these benefits. For this reason you need to make sure that you are able to earn enough money to cover your existing salary and benefits if you need to.

(3) Never ending Workload and responsibility – work from home jobs may sometimes seem like the work is never ending. It is much easier for your working day to flow over into the evening and you could find yourself working much longer hours, especially in the beginning when you are struggling to make enough money. If something isn’t working or if a crisis arises then you have the responsibility for fixing the problem.

These are just some of the advantages and disadvantages of working from home. It certainly pays to consider these and other potential pros and cons before taking such a big step in life.