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"Let us hope that it is not too prolonged": the return to teleworking welcomed with reserve by the employees

2021-12-28T17:57:34.885Z


In order to fight against the multiplication of contaminations, the government wants to force employees to stay at home three to four days a week.


The Prime Minister, Jean Castex, strongly insisted, Monday, December 27, on the importance of remote work to fight against the new outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic.

The government wants employees to stay at home "

three days a week minimum and if possible four days

", added the former mayor of Prades.

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An air of déjà-vu for the majority of people concerned who welcome the measure very differently. “

I have been 100% teleworking for two years, so it doesn't change anything for me, it leaves me indifferent,

” laughs Serge, 31, a consultant in a consulting firm. On the contrary, Cédric, 28, an advertising employee, learned the news with apprehension

. "I was already teleworking one day a week, it suited me well, but spending three or even four days, on the other hand, gives me a bit of spleen

". Being alone at home most of the week worries him. He hopes that the situation will not go on forever: “

normally it is announced for three weeks. Hopefully it won't be too long

”.

For others, it is an entire organization that needs to be reviewed: "

I joined the company a month ago and I am still in training,"

explains Danny,

a bank advisor, for example I have not yet all necessary personal access

”. Currently present in the office from Monday to Friday, the transition to three or even four days of teleworking looks like a leap into the unknown. “

In addition, we are in the process of changing managers, so that's a lot of a sudden. There are bound to be hiccups,

”he emphasizes.

Lack of equipment, poor internet connection… Many are worried about a loss of productivity linked to working at home.

Sometimes it is even a whole part of the job that is no longer achievable by teleworking: "the

whole exhibition part, direct advice, sales day is not feasible from her computer

", illustrates Violette, 25, intern in auction house.

Beyond that, it is the health of the sector that worries him.

An obligation that questions

On the business side, the measure and tone of the Prime Minister surprised: “

the announcement of an obligation is astonishing. Since July the government has been more in an optic of leaving the hand to the companies

”, points Benoit Serre, vice-president of the National Association of the DRH (Andrh). In fact, all companies are not equal in the face of this constraint: “

for those who already had a hybrid system with one or two days of teleworking, that does not change much. On the other hand, for structures that do not do any at all, it is more complicated,

”he warns.

In fact, despite the nature presented as "

mandatory

" of the measure, some have planned to override it.

"Except the first confinement because we were in the unknown and there was no activity anyway, no one here has ever teleworked and we have no plans to change

", explains Philippe, 29, manager of a small personal assistance company. If he says he is aware of the value of the measure, it seems too complicated to implement for his activity. "This

requires a lot of organization and then I absolutely have to interact with the life assistants and clients, some of whom are dependent people and they do not know or cannot exchange by Zoom or equivalent

",he adds.

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In addition, the control of this "

obligation for those who can

", according to the Prime Minister, remains to be clarified: "

there is no list

", abounds Benoit Serre, "

we are in the dark

".

This does not slow down the government, which wants to punish recalcitrant companies through administrative sanctions.

Source: lefigaro

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