A year of smart working, the most frequent 'digital excuses' - Lifestyle

From about 570 thousand employees in 2019 to 6.58 million during the first lockdown, to then reach the

current

as recorded by the data collected by the Smart Working Observatory of the Politecnico di Milano: these are the figures of exponential growth in Italy , smart working, or rather

(WHF) as it is more correct to define having moved the office due to the health emergency of the pandemic that has been going on for almost a year.

With the era of smart working, new

are also born

.

This is true for 86% of respondents, while 42% confirmed that they have used one of these justifications at least once to decline an online meeting or meeting, according to a survey conducted among the Wiko instagram community.

If, on the one hand, technology has made up for the impossibility of being able to meet and offered the digitalization of offices, on the other hand it has expanded the temporal boundaries and the concept of "availability" for which 43% of survey participants admit to feeling increasingly having to justify himself if he does not immediately respond to an input.

So we start with the repertoire of the most frequent excuses, all in line with our "new normal".

If the meeting, for example, does not go as it should, it is obviously all the fault of the connection (66%), while to avoid answering a question point-blank, according to 67% of the respondents to the survey, we use the microphone in mute.

Abused is the use of unlikely wallpapers to hide the chaos in the apartment.

A classic and discounted solution for 65% of the users involved.

And then: the background noises are always the responsibility of the partner in call (57%) or the poor neighbors intent on cleaning or listening to music (43%).

Not to mention the couriers: they always intercom when something important is about to start and obviously make you late (24%). 

It should be emphasized, however, that 76% of the most rigorous resisted the temptation not to use this excuse.

Among the many pros and cons, one of the undisputed advantages of smart working is certainly that of not having to show up in the office in person and consequently that of being able to neglect one's look, which is why 72% of respondents admitted to resorting to the trick of keep the camera off during meetings to avoid showing up still in pajamas or unlikely outfits.

Yet despite the apology, the data shows a major

.

The connectivity and technology that in recent months have allowed us to stay in touch and to continue our work effectively have their pros and cons like all things.

The challenge for the future will be to save "the good", recovering their spaces and grasping only the positive sides of flexibility.