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home made it difficult to focus on office work. Around 25% respondents felt that WfH
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can create a better balance with clearer policies.

800 749 Number of Respondents
600 491
400 214 188 154 164
200
0
WfH has certainly I spend more hours I find it difficult to There are multiple I think it can create None of the Above
created a better doing office work distinguish between distractions that a better balance
work life balance for now work and home make it difficult to with a little more
me time focus on office work clear cut policies

Source: SCOPE-ILO Online Survey, 2020

Interestingly, this same issue of work life balance was discussed at one of the virtual
meetings with the SCOPE Task Force members. The meeting also revealed that this
work arrangement became more challenging at times especially in the context of
balancing work with home responsibilities because of the impact of lock downs. With
less support systems at home, there was greater expectations on women to take on
additional burdens.

5. Rating one’s level of productivity during COVID 19 work from home? (Q11)

Level of Productivity during COVID 19 work from home

More energised
Less productive
but nor sure if than when
more productive, working from
8.68%
office, 16.66%

More productive
than when
working from
office, 30.62% About the same as
when working
from office,
44.03%

Source: SCOPE-ILO Online Survey, 2020

22 Of the 1,969 respondents, 9 did not respond to this question. Also, response to this
question was a break from a previous SCOPE-ILO findings, wherein the majority of women
had advocated for a WfH for a better work life balance, besides it being an influential factor
in their career advancement.

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