Researchers from the Whitaker Institute at NUI Galway and the Western Development Commission (WDC) have announced results of a national survey of employees" experiences of remote working in these unprecedented times.
The top three challenges of working remotely at present are:
1. not being able to switch off from work
2. collaboration and communication with colleagues and co-workers is harder
3. poor physical workspace.
The top three advantages of working remotely at present are:
1. no traffic and no commute
2. reduced costs of going to work and commuting
3. greater flexibility as to how to manage the working day.
The survey asked the following questions:
- How are employees adjusting to remote working, what is going well and what changes would employees suggest?
- How are employees responding to remote working from a well-being perspective?
- How is remote working impacting employee productivity?
- What lessons can be learned about remote working that could be retained/sustained post-COVID-19?
This project was led by Prof Alan Ahearne and Dr Katerina Bohle-Carbonell at NUI Galway's Whitaker Institute and Tomás Ó Síocháin and Deirdre Frost at WDC .
More information is available here: http://whitakerinstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Remote-Working-National-Survey-Report-May-2020.pdf
