Work from Home: Perception, Experiences, Proximal and Distal Diseases—COVID-19

Abstract

‘Work from Home’ (WFH) concept has come into force due to COVID-19, which is now officially mandated and enforced strictly by rules and regulations. All sectors, IT sectors to teaching sectors, are using WFH concept. COVID-19 has forced almost all the employees of all the sectors to work from home for the first time with the new concept. As the employees are experiencing new environment, this topic attempts to and out the experience of the employees in working from home when compared to working in office. The research found that willingness to work from home is entirely dependent on presence of their children, family members at home, comfortable space at home, quiet and also disturbed environment at home and good Internet connectivity. Employees working with the new concept WFH are ready to work from home due to COVID-19, but from the inner heart, they do not like to work from home. In many cases, stress leads to obesity, increases the chances of heart diseases, high blood pressure and cholesterol, increase in levels of blood glucose, clog in arteries, all due to increase in intake of junk food and alcohol with no exercise. This can raise the risk of blockages leading to heart attack. Working from home, while dealing with household chores and children, has taken a toll, especially on women.