To be able to work at home, an acceptable work environment is needed.
Therefore, for example, Karlstad University has decided to buy and lend height-adjustable desks and ergonomic chairs to the employees who need it.
Mia Hansson, who works as an interior designer at the university, has so far usually stood at the bar table in the kitchen at home and worked, but now she has picked up a height-adjustable desk.
- I thought it went well to begin with, but I am really looking forward to having a more orderly work environment, says Mia Hansson.
"The need has varied"
The university currently employs almost 95 percent of the approximately 1,300 employees from home.
Most have been able to arrange a work environment they are happy with, but to help those who have difficulty getting a good work environment, the university has purchased 200 tables and 130 chairs that employees can borrow.
- There is a much larger proportion who work at home than those who have taken advantage of this offer.
The need has varied, says Olle Lilliestierna, campus manager at Karlstad University.
But working from home does not only place demands on ergonomics.
It is also about being able to set boundaries between work and other life and create new structures.
- It has gone well, you have learned a lot of technology and that you can do a lot at a distance, states Mia Hansson.
Many long for the office
The pandemic in combination with new technology and digitalisation of the workplace means that work at a distance is likely to become common even after the corona.
But even now, many are longing to return to the office.
- Yes, I am really looking forward to coming back to the office and meeting my colleagues again, says Olle Lilliestierna.