Remote work decreases efficiency, every third worker says: survey

As many as 18 percent of employees said that working from home had a positive impact on their efficiency, and 37 percent of them did not notice a change compared to performing their duties at the company's headquarters. On the other hand, almost every third respondent (29 percent) admitted that they felt a decrease in efficiency at the "home office". Such conclusions result from the operator of a fiber-optic access network, NEXERA, survey conducted at the end of March 2020 by InsightOut Lab.

Problems may particularly affect those employees who have not been to the "home office" until now - as many as 57 percent of respondents admitted that they had never used such a possibility.

Among the three most frequently encountered difficulties faced by remote employees was the reduction of teamwork opportunities (29 percent of respondents considered it to be one of the main challenges), the inability to implement some tasks remotely (27 percent) and the management of a distributed team (27 percent). Other, slightly less onerous problems were the transfer of knowledge to employees and teaching them new skills, limited possibilities of consulting activities or tasks, acquiring new clients and contractors, and maintaining relationships with clients and stakeholders.

“Our study shows that employees have the least problems with organizing and conducting creative meetings with the team (19 percent) as well as recruiting and implementing employees (16 percent). Access to the fast connection allows for efficient communication, exchange of information and knowledge between employees, management board, clients and stakeholders. A reliable network has, therefore, become one of the basic tools for work,” Piotr Wieczorkiewicz, Member of the Board for Operations at NEXERA, said.

(WBJ)