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.

Also to listen: Telework, the new horizon of the company?

See also: Annual Teleworking Barometer 2021 by Malakoff Humanis

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