However, not everyone is used to working from home and with the emergence of Coronavirus (Covid-19), this has led to a massive change, more uncertainty, and new challenges for many of us. Over the past few weeks, we have been gathering some advice from the Mental Health Foundation ...
We find that working from home negatively affects the mental health of workers in the first half of 2020. Furthermore, we find substantial heterogeneity across gender and home environment. The negative impact of working from home is concentrated on women, and on those who are primarily ...
working from homeis “hurting their mental health.” The study, which also included in-depth accounts from 686 people about the ways in which their mental health is being affected, found thatemployees feel isolatedand are working more because there’s no clear delineation between work and home....
Movement is a great segway to good mental health making it one of our 11 mental health tips for working from home. When you’re working in a physical office space with others, you probably walk to meetings, walk to others’ desks to ask questions, walk to the water cooler, maybe walk ...
But which environment is better for one’s mental health? The folks at Statista wanted to learn just that, so they surveyed more than 5,000 people who worked from home, an office, or a factory. Interestingly, according toWay.com, those working from home had slightly higher rates of mental...
“Decades of research show that women do significantly more housework and childcare than men—so much so that women who are employed full-time are often said to be working a ‘double shift,’” according to the McKinsey report. That “double shift” also brings with it mental ...
Working from home has its advantages, but significant disruption and change can take their toll on your mental health. Be mindful of changes in your mood or behavior and ask others in your life to do the same if you’re concerned.
How working remotely can improve your mental health. According toFlexJobs' research, here are some profound ways in which working in a flexible position could benefit your mental well-being and make you more productive. Your stress levels go down. ...
“I would love to stay working from home. Just being able to see my family walk through all day,” she said. But working from home does have its challenges- primarily her Internet connection. “I’ve had to work via hotspot, so I’ve had a little bit of a learning curve to go wit...
Companies have everything to gain from beginning to approach the issue of mental health as a cultural imperative. See why talking about mental health is now part of the employee experience.