Home office: Employees lack social compensation
Continuing to work from home causes difficulties for around a third of employees due to increasing stress and a lack of contact with work colleagues. This is shown by a survey of 1,000 home office employees commissioned by the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV).
Employees should return to work as much as possible in the home office, depending on the workplace conditions. However, many employees do not necessarily perceive mobile work per se as more stressful - mostly this is due to the working conditions or the lack of social contacts, as a German study reveals.
According to a survey conducted by the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) from October 6 to October 13, 2021, almost two-thirds of the approximately 1,000 employees surveyed perceive the "stress" in their home retreat to be constant.
For 30.6 percent of respondents, however, the stress of working from home had increased. Only 10.7 percent of respondents state that the stress of working from home has decreased. About half of the survey participants said they lacked social balance with colleagues. Another stress factor for 30.2 percent of respondents is the increasing lack of exercise at the desk at home. For 30.2 percent, the mixing of work and private life is an additional burden, because the additional isolation can also increase psychological stress in some people, according to the survey.
Source/text: DGUV / Editorial arbeitssicherheit.de (SL)
