Object-Driven Fuzzy Decision Model for Assessing the Employees' Work from Home Eligibility

Work from Home (WFH), especially in the post-pandemic era, has emerged as an alternative work system adopted by many companies. Efficiency and effectiveness are the two main reasons why WFH is favored. In addition, the implementation of the WFH system in conducting business processes within the company allows for greater flexibility in work methods. For certain types of jobs or specific industry domains, this WFH system can be quite reliable. Workers can perform their tasks from anywhere and at any time. Also, monitoring systems enable employees to be remotely tracked by the company. However, the question remains: is an employee's work environment suitable enough to ensure the successful implementation of WFH? To answer this, a standardized model is needed to assess the level of eligibility for WFH implementation. This study aims to develop a fuzzy-based decision model to evaluate the eligibility of an employee's work environment for implementing WFH. An object-oriented approach is used to describe the design of the decision model, while fuzzy logic serves as the primary method for building the model. The model successfully simulated 24 raw employee data points, yielding a highest eligibility score of 88.61 with a similarity index of 0.78 when compared to the model proposed in previous research.