A home workplace that is not designed to be ergonomic or otherwise provides an unfavourable working environment may make it impossible to work without disturbances. This may also impair an employee's ability to make optimal use of IT. Factors like noise, disturbances caused by family members, and poor lighting or ventilation can have an unfavourable effect. This in turn hinders work processes and limits employee potential. Errors may also crop up during work and the protection of data integrity may be diminished.