OdishaPlus Bureau
Over 74.8% of corporate professionals are working extended hours with the ‘work from home’ protocol during the lockdown, suggests a survey. The objective of the survey was to assess how corporate professionals are coping with the challenges of remote working globally.
According to a study conducted by ZingHR, a global HR software solution platform, about 50% of respondents conceded that they are unable to take strategic breaks during ‘work from home’ and 34.5% opined that it has taken a toll on their physical and mental health.
About 42.8% of female respondents said they are facing challenges in the absence of domestic help due to lockdown; while 54.6% of the working professionals mentioned that they are not able to manage time at all to pursue their hobbies amid this phase.
Though the COVID-19 pandemic is a tough time for the entire family, 53.3% of people are getting help from their spouse/ partner in the daily household chores. On a positive note, about 76.3% of the working professionals acknowledged the support of their superiors and teammates during this critical time.
On being asked if they are able to follow a clock-out ritual to compartmentalize their brain while working from home, only 27.3% of them admitted sometimes, while 27.3% said not really sure and 22 percent said no.
About 70% of respondents demanded that there should be personalized guidelines by the company in the work from home model for each individual. These guidelines need to be gender-neutral, giving an equal opportunity to men to help in household chores irrespective of whether they have working or non-working wives. The guidelines need to be general for overall wellness or can be personalized for each employee, agreed by respective managers to boost employee engagement.
The survey was conducted among 300 working professionals. It enlists certain guidelines for employees during work from home by incorporating learning of respondents.