Technology has changed the way we live and especially the way we work. For many jobs, workers no longer need to be in a fixed office building. People can telework: they can work from home or anyplace where they can access the necessary technology. For example, I wrote this story on a backyard porch in the mountains of West Virginia. A 2015 survey from the company Gallup found that 37 percent of Americans worked from home. In 1995, that number was only 9 percent. It is easy to think that this freedom to work whenever or wherever is good for workers and for families. As it turns out, teleworking is both good and bad. A new report warns that some forms of teleworking may blur the line between our personal and professional lives. In other words, some teleworkers may have a hard time keeping their personal life separate from their professional life. This report claims that this blurring may have negative effects on the health and well-being of teleworkers.
Title: Telework: The Pros and Cons
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1849/telework.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Telework: The Pros and Cons' data-article-id='2366'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7271'>Technology has changed the way we live and especially the way we work.</span> <span data-start-time='7271' data-end-time='14104'>For many jobs, workers no longer need to be in a fixed office building.</span> <span data-start-time='14104' data-end-time='24229'>People can telework: they can work from home or anyplace where they can access the necessary technology.</span> <span data-start-time='24229' data-end-time='31875'>For example, I wrote this story on a backyard porch in the mountains of West Virginia.</span> <span data-start-time='31875' data-end-time='40958'>A 2015 survey from the company Gallup found that 37 percent of Americans worked from home.</span> <span data-start-time='40958' data-end-time='47354'>In 1995, that number was only 9 percent.</span> <span data-start-time='47354' data-end-time='57708'>It is easy to think that this freedom to work whenever or wherever is good for workers and for families.</span> <span data-start-time='57708' data-end-time='64000'>As it turns out, teleworking is both good and bad.</span> <span data-start-time='64000' data-end-time='74604'>A new report warns that some forms of teleworking may blur the line between our personal and professional lives.</span> <span data-start-time='74604' data-end-time='85188'>In other words, some teleworkers may have a hard time keeping their personal life separate from their professional life.</span> <span data-start-time='85188' data-end-time='95563'>This report claims that this blurring may have negative effects on the health and well-being of teleworkers.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1849/telework.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=8603 data-hint-location='7271' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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