COVID-19 AND WORK FROM HOME

Abstract

This research aims to find the benefits, drawbacks, and mitigation plans of working from home due to the change in the way people work during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research is done through in-depth interviews with 10 Interviewees in the same company with different positions. Qualitative research collects the data by open-ended questions starting with simple questions and follows up questions to collect all of the information from the interviewees. The insight benefits and problems of working from home are gathered from the real situations of the interviewees. The benefits of working from home are Time-saving, cost-saving, and savings from COVID-19, and the problems are communication, distraction at home, and body and eye pain. The recommendations to improve working from home can be divided into three different ways for employees, employers, and the company. solving communication problems by using safety and fast online platform is the first recommendation from the interviewees for the company. And the second recommendation is Progress monitoring being strict on deadlines which is for the employers such as managers, and the head of the team. The last recommendation for the employees is to create a suitable space to work at home to improve their work performance.