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1. Did the respondent work from home (WfH) following COVID-19 declared
pandemic and subsequent lockdowns? (Q5)

Worked from Home Continuing to No of
(WfH) following No of work from home Respondents
COVID-19 declared Respondents (at the time of
pandemic Survey)
Yes 939 (47.69%)
Yes 91 (4.62%)

No 201 (10.21%)
No 1451 (73.69%)

Only for a limited 829 (42.10%) Partially/ On a
427 (21.69%)
duration ROTA i.e. Roster
Basis
TOTAL 1969 TOTAL 1969
Source: SCOPE-ILO Online Survey, 2020

At the time of the Survey, only a marginal percentage of women i.e. 4.62% were
continuing to work from home. Most had returned to office i.e. 1451 (73.69%) women
executives were back at their respective offices; 427, following a roster system were
going to office as per office directives.

Immediately though, following the COVID-19 declared pandemic and subsequent
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lockdowns, 89.79 % (n= 1768) experienced working from home; of these, nearly
42.10% (n=829) worked from home only for a limited duration. The ones who could
not or did not avail of the WfH, were mostly working on-sites/far-off locations.
For respondents who worked from home only for a limited duration, the duration
ranged from one/two weeks or one month or maximum 3 months (mostly, March –May
2020; for some it was August/September 2020). For a few others, the period went
beyond 3 months. The duration depended on company’s directives, after evaluating
organisational requirements.

2. Adjusting to the new norm of Working from Home (WfH) following COVID
19 pandemic? (Q7)

As to the question how they adjusted to the new norm of WfH irrespective of the
duration, there was a mixed response. 35.46% (n=695) indicated that they adjusted
very well to the new norm; for 44 people (2.24%) they did not have to adjust as even
prior to COVID they had arrangements to work from home (like going to office on
limited/alternate days). For around 55% of respondents, they found their adjusting to

21 N= Number of respondents citing the option. The n=number in parentheses has been used
throughout this chapter.
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