10:48 a.m .: Pros and cons
The advantages of telework, which exploded during the crisis, are recognized: freedom of organization, reduction of fatigue linked to transport, calm away from open-space and “real breathing for those who suffer from degraded relationships with their hierarchy or their colleagues “, Argues Valérie Combette-Javault, occupational psychologist. “Some, accustomed to the status provided by their large offices on high floors, have had a hard time finding themselves like everyone else jogging in the kitchen”, laughs a European Commission official who sees him in generalized teleworking as a “egalitarian or democratic” development.
But the practice “is not without risk,” warns Valérie Combette-Javault. Working at home can also rhyme with overwork, blurring the boundaries of private / professional life, family conflicts, distancing from the group, loneliness … And can lead to sleep difficulties, hypertension, eating problems, addiction…
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