Remote Working During COVID-19
Delivered June 24, 2020. Contributor: Rose K.
Goals
To research on remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic. Examples of insights are how communication time has been affected within teams and whether it is inconvenient to work from home. The research will inform a blog post.
Early Findings
- A survey published on May 4, 2020 revealed that there are several inconveniences associated with working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The following are the responses for different types of inconveniences and the share of respondents that resonated with each.
- Concentration problems- 39%
- No direct contact with people, conversations, and meetings- 38%
- The interpenetration of professional and private life- 36%
- Difficulties in mobilizing to work- 31%
- Difficult communication with colleagues on business matters- 27%
- The need to adapt to the rest of the householders- 27%
- Not very comfortable working conditions- 26%
- No access to office equipment- 22%
- Lack of access to appropriate equipment- 21%
- Lack of clear procedures for working time records- 19%
- No access to high-speed internet- 12%
- Other-1%
- A survey by Slack revealed that almost half of new remote workers claim that working from home has affected their sense of belonging negatively.
- About a third of new remote workers claim that they are struggling to stay productive.
- Almost 23% of first-time remote workers are dissatisfied with working from home.
Research proposal:
Only the project owner can select the next research path.