We are still learning remote work: study

For 16 percent of people, remote work during an epidemic is new, because they did not perform their duties in this way before. Half of the employees did it only occasionally. It is not surprising then that the organization is a challenge. Almost 3 out of 4 employees admit that they work at home at completely different times than in the office. Some declare that their work lasts all day, others do not start until 10:00. However, paradoxically, it is difficult to work-from-home balance when working from home. Half of the respondents indicate that the balance is tilting towards professional responsibilities at the expense of private life, according to the CBRE study. Experts indicate that this is an effect of the pace and conditions in which we had to face remote work.

"We have already paid attention to the fact that we are currently undergoing the largest and forced test of remote work. This is a difficult situation which employees did not have a chance to prepare for. This raises problems, among others, with the organization of their own working time, which in extreme cases may be associated with the feeling that we work all the time. However, it is related to the small accustomation of Polish employees to remote work, which you just need to learn," Katarzyna Gajewska, director in the CBRE Market Advisory and Research Department, said.

The CBRE study shows that as many as 34 percent of those working at home get the impression that they are at work all the time. Experts point out that these results should be a guideline for the organization, because they show that the peak of employee efficiency falls at different times. Fanning your working time is certainly a factor supporting this efficiency and giving you a sense of comfort.

(WBJ)