Covid-19: the rating of teleworking is crumbling
In France, companies have been encouraged to set up teleworking to promote the confinement imposed by the government in mid-March to fight against Covid-19 (illustration).
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Only a third of employees in the private sector practice teleworking.
This is what emerges from a study published on February 9.
This is the same level as before the health crisis.
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Nearly 30% of private sector employees are teleworkers today.
But the number of days of telework has more than doubled.
It went from 1.6 days in 2019 to a weekly average of 3.6 days at the end of 2020.
Containment has boosted
teleworking
, but today it has fewer and fewer followers.
Two days per week, maximum, it is ideal for nearly 80% of employees.
This is the main conclusion of this study.
Employees want to come back to the office, to find spaces of conviviality, and to be part of a collective.
More than a quarter of them report a negative impact of teleworking on their physical and psychological health.
The rating of teleworking has also eroded among managers: 50% were in favor in 2020, against 54% in 2019. At issue: their inability to detect employees in distress and difficulty, to maintain the link, within their teams.
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See also: Annual Teleworking Barometer 2021 by Malakoff Humanis
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