Purpose

This paper aims to explore the extent to which Covid-19 has challenged work habits and outcomes. The authors argue that after the lockdown period workers have been experiencing a new work mode called “Covid-working”. The aim is to provide a first interpretation of this phaenomenon and elaborate on future real estate strategies and workplace policies based on this experience.

Design/methodology/approach

Using survey data, this research analyses Covid-working in a large-sized company in Italy. The survey was answered by 90 employees and addresses three domains: locations of work; a comparison between work-from-home (WFH) and work from the office; and outcomes of Covid-working vs office-working.

Findings

With Covid-working, the workers of the case company drastically changed their traditional work from the office approach to pure WFH. While this abrupt switch might generate difficulties in adaptation, this working practice was generally appreciated by this company’s workers. Positive and negative outcomes of Covid-working confirm previous studies on remote working. Recommendations on multi-location of work, new value for the headquarters and diversity empowerment open up avenues for future real estate strategies.

Originality/value

Observations on Covid-working are still limited and mainly appear on grey literature, due to the newness of this phaenomenon. Empirical studies such as the proposed one can increase companies’ awareness of the positive and negative outcomes of this experience and support their future workplace strategies.

中文翻译：

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“covid-working”：保留什么，留下什么？来自意大利公司的证据

目的

本文旨在探讨 Covid-19 对工作习惯和结果的挑战程度。作者认为，在封锁期之后，工人一直在体验一种称为“Covid-working”的新工作模式。目的是提供对这一现象的初步解释，并根据这一经验详细阐述未来的房地产战略和工作场所政策。

设计/方法/方法

这项研究使用调查数据分析了在意大利一家大型公司工作的 Covid。该调查由 90 名员工回答，涉及三个领域：工作地点；在家工作 (WFH) 和办公室工作之间的比较；以及 Covid 工作与办公室工作的结果。

发现

通过 Covid-working，案例公司的员工彻底改变了他们的传统工作方式，从办公室方式转变为纯粹的 WFH。虽然这种突然的转变可能会产生适应困难，但这种工作方式得到了该公司员工的普遍认可。Covid 工作的积极和消极结果证实了之前关于远程工作的研究。关于多地点工作、总部新价值和多元化赋能的建议为未来的房地产战略开辟了道路。

原创性/价值

由于这种现象的新颖性，对 Covid 工作的观察仍然有限，主要出现在灰色文献中。诸如所提议的实证研究可以提高公司对这种经验的积极和消极结果的认识，并支持他们未来的工作场所战略。