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After two years of existence, teleworking is no longer a dream

2022-07-31T11:58:26.692Z


Since 2020, Europeans have had time to discover and appropriate this way of working. They now have a more nuanced look at its pros and cons.


What if telework was not the panacea?

Two years after the epidemic forced millions of Europeans to work from home, a form of weariness seems to be emerging among many French, Germans and Italians.

This is what emerges from a new study conducted in its three countries by Allianz-Trade*, which questioned more than 3,000 employees.

While respondents continue to appreciate the reduction in travel times and the flexibility of this way of working, they point to the loss of social ties and the disappearance of barriers between professional and private life.

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Disabilities that do not prevent teleworking from continuing to progress.

The number of respondents explaining that their work “

does not allow them

” to be remote, reduced in the three countries (between 2 and 6%).

However, major disparities remain at this level.

This impossibility of teleworking affects a minority of Germans (41%) but a majority of Italians (51%) and French (54%).

A system that has its limits

Yet the number of employees who want to stay mainly at home is stagnating or even decreasing.

This is the case across the Rhine where only a fifth want this mode of operation (against a quarter a year earlier).

In Italy this figure is stagnating around 15%, while in France it is increasing but remains at a lower level (around 10%).

Because if the advantages are now known, employees seem to be increasingly aware of the limits of working from home.

Firstly, the lack of interaction is singled out by nearly 30% of respondents.

But also the confusion of professional life and private life, an unsuitable place to live at work, or even the loss of productivity.

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There is no standard telecommuting format that works for everyone.

The study points to inequalities in access to the internet or mastery of digital tools, for example, likely to create inequalities and reinforce the learning or promotion gaps between employees.

Considerations not always well integrated by companies which do not necessarily take specific measures in the development of their new work organization.

*Study conducted in France, Italy and Germany with 3,200 people, between May 20 and June 10, 2022.

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