Remote work was also related to a positive impact on mental health in 85% of study participants, as it allowed them to feel safe about COVID-19 and be able to have more time to spend with their families and loved ones (45%).
In contrast, only 24% of professionals claimed that working at home had a negative impact on them in terms of physical health, mainly due to being connected 24/7 to their computers, in addition to the difficulties in finding a balance between fatherhood and work.
It should be noted that remote work is difficult to adopt for Generation Z, according to the Microsoft Work Trend Index, as younger people tend to be single, which leads them to feel isolated. In addition, they do not have the element of socialization that helps them move forward in their projects.
However, José Luis Martínez, managing director of Citrix Mexico, believes that to solve these problems, business leaders must face them from “technological tools that allow the flexibility of connection in a secure way for both ’employee as for company’.