The Pros And Cons Of Virtual Work

Is Virtual work beneficial or a hindrance in today’s society? A virtual worker is one who connects and interacts digitally, rather than having a physical office. To help determine the effectiveness of virtual teams, Elliott Enyedy, the Regional Controller of Eurest Dining Services, is interviewed to shed light on the pros and cons of being part of a virtual team. Elliott is the perfect example of a typical virtual worker, he work mostly from home except for when he needs to go to an account to meets with clients or other co-workers. Although many people have mixed opinions about virtual work; nevertheless, if one has a good understanding of the team process, virtual work can be very effective, but only with the use of good communication and

Elliott shares good communication amongst his team, which allows for great success. He shares good communication by being virtual. He does not always have co-workers coming into his office asking questions, which can be nice when he is trying to get work done; However it is also bad because most of his communication is done through the phone so there can be a lot of phone tag. As a result, this can make the communication more asynchronous rather than synchronous because someone is waiting on a response and the response or answer is not always given right away. Another point he mentions, is that not being in the office does not allow him to see his workers, so he has to trust that even though he does not see them they are actually doing their work. As the leader, he shares that he always keeps open lines of communication with his district managers in order to answer any questions to make sure they are on task. Although a lot of their work is done virtually, they do meet up once in awhile to have face-to-face meetings, which allows everyone to establish their goals and to communicate how everything is going, as well as what everybody’s roles are going to be in tackling their goals. Virtually working means using technology to help aid in the communicating process and making the team