Remote working has been a rising trend over the past few years. For a lot of professionals, this actually meant taking work home, in addition to the grind of regular office anyway. However, now with the onset of the COVID- 19 pandemic, remote working has risen many fold. This has led to certain challenges on the mental health side. Due to the omnipresence of digital gadgets like phones and laptops, employees are made to experience an “always- on” feeling. To ensure that this does not lead to a future mental health pandemic, companies need to devise sound and empathetic talent management systems. Employees too need to work on building their willpower to stay strong at such times. Likewise boundaries too need to be erected which have to be stuck by. The communication, both internal as well as external, needs to be deliberate and direct.

Source:https://hbr.org/2020/05/how-to-cope-with-that-always-on-feeling?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=dailyalert_not_activesubs&referral=00563&deliveryName=DM81229

Uploaded Date:25 May 2020