Teleworking revolution over time, the end of living together?

A young woman teleworking in her house in Vertou, near Nantes.

May 14, 2020. AFP - LOIC VENANCE

By: Kpénahi Traoré Follow

8 mins

With the Covid-19 pandemic, the majority of us have learned to telecommute.

In France, while this practice was "imperative" in February, the time for compulsory teleworking is no longer relevant today - in the name of "links [created] within the work collective" and the struggle against the “isolation of employees”.

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However, it seems difficult to return to the pre-crisis situation.

According to a survey, the ideal dose of telework would be 2.7 days per week on average for French employees.

Who should decide on his work practice: the employee or his boss?

Does teleworking risk, as some economists fear, putting European workers in competition with those from emerging countries?

Which model to invent?   

With :

Aurélie Jeantet

, sociologist, lecturer at

Sorbonne Nouvelle University

, author of the book 

Les emotions au travail

 (CNRS Editions)

Laurence Breton-Kueny

, HRD of the

AFNOR

group 

and vice-president of

ANDRH, 

community of HR professionals from companies and organizations from all sectors 

A focus

, with

Côme Bastin

, RFI correspondent in Bangalore, India. Since the 1980s, “Indian Silicon Valley” has been the object of intense labor movements from rich countries to India in the IT and new technologies sectors (call centers, development web, today

start-ups

and mobile applications etc.) Will the recent generalization of teleworking increase telemigration and place European workers in competition with those from emerging countries, as some economists fear? 

And the testimony of Constanza

, a young Venezuelan living in Madrid, Spain.

Since arriving in the Spanish capital, Constanza has had to settle for odd jobs; the development of teleworking has opened up new professional perspectives for him that are more consistent with his university career. 

Inès Edel-Garcia collected his comments

.

Testimony of Constanza on his teleworking experience

Musical programming: 

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No Waiting

 - Les Freres Smith 

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Diggin

 - Kovacs 

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