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7.  What are the key work-related challenges faced while working from
                      home? (Q14)


                   Three  things  stand  out  in  terms  of  key  work  related  challenges:  i.  Infrastructure
                   Facilities and Tools; ii. Real time Benefits of Face to Face Interaction Lost; and iii. Loss
                   of informal knowledge sharing that kept colleagues connected on a personal level.







































                   Source: SCOPE-ILO Online Survey, 2020

                   Besides  the  work related  challenges  mentioned  above,  two  other challenges  were
                   highlighted the most: a. getting preoccupied with unpaid care work (49.01%; n=965)
                   and  b.  blurred  boundaries  between  work  and  personal  life  (55.41%;  n=1091).
                   Respondents specifically pointing out to this blurring boundaries, some of them put it
                   as,

                       -  “Colleagues  do  not  know  where  to  draw  the  line  and  call  up  at  odd
                          hours/weekends which were freer earlier”;
                       -  “People  have  started  calling  any  time  day  or  night  even  on  weekends  or
                          holidays. I feel as if suddenly I have no personal time”;
                       -  “There  was  no  clear  demarcation  between  office  hours  and  personal  time.
                          Bosses expected, since we are working from home, we will be available round
                          the clock”;
                       -  “It made me realize that working hours need to be defined as calls/ discussions
                          used to be happening even after normal working hours”.


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