Almost one in two people are in favor of compulsory home office
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 7:01 am
Reducing contacts in the office helps to contain the spread of infection: More than every second working person is in favor of a home office requirement for the duration of the pandemic. 52 percent are of the opinion that work should only be done from home as long as the Corona crisis continues. This is an initial result of a representative survey of more than 1,500 working people commissioned by the digital association Bitkom. The full study on the topic of home office in times of the Corona pandemic will be published on December 8, 2020.
With regard to the federal and state governments' appeal to employers to enable home office work, particularly over Christmas and New Year, Bitkom President Achim Berg explains: "The presence culture that is still widespread in many companies and especially in administrations is an absolute anachronism in Corona times. Home office only at Christmas and New Year's Eve is not enough.
Politicians should now not only demand that japan gambling data companies allow home offices, but above all introduce them across the board in their original area of ​​responsibility - administration. The majority of the five million public sector employees could work from home due to their jobs and should do so at least in the coming months. There was enough time to prepare them for this. Those in positions of responsibility in companies are required to give their employees the trust they deserve and to enable them to work remotely without red tape - and employees should also make use of this.
This is a requirement not only for December, but for the entire period until the pandemic is truly overcome. The past few months have shown that it is of secondary importance whether work is carried out in the office, in one's own four walls or on the road. The decisive factors are the trust of the employer and the sense of responsibility of the employees. If everyone whose job is suitable switches to working from home , this is an important building block in the fight against the virus by avoiding unnecessary contact and breaking chains of infection - not only in the office, but also on the way to work and during lunch breaks."
With regard to the federal and state governments' appeal to employers to enable home office work, particularly over Christmas and New Year, Bitkom President Achim Berg explains: "The presence culture that is still widespread in many companies and especially in administrations is an absolute anachronism in Corona times. Home office only at Christmas and New Year's Eve is not enough.
Politicians should now not only demand that japan gambling data companies allow home offices, but above all introduce them across the board in their original area of ​​responsibility - administration. The majority of the five million public sector employees could work from home due to their jobs and should do so at least in the coming months. There was enough time to prepare them for this. Those in positions of responsibility in companies are required to give their employees the trust they deserve and to enable them to work remotely without red tape - and employees should also make use of this.
This is a requirement not only for December, but for the entire period until the pandemic is truly overcome. The past few months have shown that it is of secondary importance whether work is carried out in the office, in one's own four walls or on the road. The decisive factors are the trust of the employer and the sense of responsibility of the employees. If everyone whose job is suitable switches to working from home , this is an important building block in the fight against the virus by avoiding unnecessary contact and breaking chains of infection - not only in the office, but also on the way to work and during lunch breaks."