The practice of home office and the impacts caused on the home environment during the covid-19 pandemic

Um estudo de caso em uma empresa mineradora de Itabira/MG

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic, which started in 2020, will go down in history due to the changes that were imposed in everyone's lives, where a new reality came into being, especially for those who had to change their work routine to the home office format. The main objective of this study was to identify how the practice of home office impacted the home environment of workers in the HR sector of an Itabirana mining company during the Covid-19 pandemic. The methodology used was descriptive, the approach was quantitative, through the case study method, the research universe was a mining company in the city of Itabira/MG and the census used determined that the HR sector is part of this study. The data collection instrument used was the structured questionnaire which was applied to 79 employees through social media. As a result, it was identified that there was an impact on the workers' home environment in relation to having flexibility in the work routine, and reconciling the work routine with the children. In addition, most respondents had to improve the structure of the workspace at home, and stated that they are having fewer face-to-face meetings. Most respondents stated that during the pandemic they became more anxious, and therefore had to look for different ways to distract themselves to maintain mental health. We conclude then that the home office impacted the home environment of respondents during the Covid-19 pandemic.