All people need to comfortably work from home is a desk, a chair and a good computer, but some will need more.
For example, think of dubbing actors at Netflix assembling small soundproof booths in their closets, or employees in the textile industry receiving raw materials from courier companies and creating textiles at home.The line between professional and personal has been erased Sometimes, working from home can mean that the separation between someone’s personal and professional life is gone, and this can create empathy.
If remote work raised concerns about isolation and depression when it was just an option, these feelings can be amplified by the global pandemic. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by these circumstances. The current outlook is much worse than the Great Recession, with nearly six million people losing jobs in less than three months.Everyone will have to do an emergency reskilling to adapt to the market’s new demands and Workana is already working with institutions such as the Inter-American Development Bank to create new strategies to help these employees find a new place in the industry and continue building their careers.