The Drawbacks of Remote Employment in the Insurance Industry: Something to Think About for Your Future Success

March 8, 2023
7:03 pm

Joy Olaivar

The insurance sector is hiring,

and with all the upcoming retirements, there will be hundreds of excellent positions with good career paths available. Perhaps now is the best time ever for jobseekers to land a fantastic position. Employers are confronted with an intriguing phenomenon, though: local talent is being lost to remote positions that can be placed anywhere in the world, which is reducing the supply of competent candidates.

44% of the workforce works from home today, compared to 17% in the pre-Covid era (Source: Statista.com). Additionally, plenty of businesses offer a hybrid option where workers spend a couple of days per week working from home and the rest in the office. Less commuting and improved work-life balance are the key advantages of both scenarios. The main justification for wanting to work from home is this. Also, working from home allows you to live anywhere you like, save money on business clothes, cut down on travel expenses, and lower your risk of contracting illnesses.

All of this is fantastic, and many workers will agree. I can understand why so many people will quickly accept these jobs without taking the disadvantages of working from home into account. Depending on your career and circumstances, working from home may indeed be the best option. But, a sizable portion of the workforce never considers how work-from-home employment can affect their career path and capacity to achieve future objectives.

Work-from-home jobs are no exception to the rule that not all occupations are created equally. When taking a job that requires working from home, think about some of the possible repercussions:

Your home

Is your house or apartment set up so that you may work quietly and comfortably at home? Do you have a dedicated space with a door that shuts for an office? What drawbacks are there? Production-killing factors include children, roommates, pets, animals, noise, and a variety of other factors. Employers normally won’t inquire about your residence and never should. Nevertheless, don’t interview for work-from-home positions if you don’t already have a business plan in place that will allow you to produce 100% of your work from home, as they won’t last.

You may be invisible

Your coworkers, employers, and human resource departments won’t know anything about you outside of your name, phone number, and email address. Yes, they will ultimately judge you based on how well you accomplish your job responsibilities. When you are not on a call or a zoom meeting with them, though, you could feel isolated.

I’ve always been a sports player and I enjoy the sense of community. Strangely, the nicest thing about being on a team is getting to know your teammates well, so you can stick by them through the good times and bad. Being unable to get together in an office atmosphere to discuss sports, politics, and strategies or to haphazardly plan weekends in a break room is a major drawback for me.

Technology Interpretation

Have you ever received a text or email from a family member and questioned why they were being so sour when you misunderstood what they had said? happens frequently. In an office setting, your manager’s or your coworkers’ nonverbal cues will be more telling than their words. You can also do so to get answers right away. The “planned” and carefully considered responses in chats, emails, and text messages make the recipient wonder what the true purpose of such messages is.

Work never stops

Whether you work from home or an office, this is true. Yet occasionally it’s nice to “leave the office” and unplug. You could find it challenging to unwind each day if you have an office at home. Working from home has numerous benefits, but many people will tell you that this is also a terrific way to recharge or unwind after a long day. You might never get this break at home!

Rock and Roll career path

About 90% of all Covid employees (40% of the total) chose to work from home, and many of them never intended to go back. For someone who wants to work in an office, this opens up a lot of fantastic job prospects. Large corporations (like Apple, META, etc.) are now issuing ultimatums to current employees to return to work or lose their jobs while businesses are seeking to find a happy medium employing a hybrid solution.

There might not be a finer time to revolutionize your career and future if you can and want to go to work. Managers prefer talking to people over emails, therefore I can definitely imagine a situation where office workers will have an advantage over remote workers when it comes to promotions and future chances. This is yet another potential drawback of working from home.