Friendly Workspace in Pandemic

Whether you are working from home or work in the office during the pandemic situation, you probably still coping up with stress. Researchers from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Harvard Medical School found that 55% of people get stress in May than in January 2020. Their concern is mostly about their own health and safety environment and also their family or relation condition. In this new normal period, everyone is starting to make the economy back up again so they must work their ass off, yet Covid-19 still there haunting.

People who back to office hoping a slight expectation to be in a stressless condition than what they experienced back at the beginning of the pandemic. However, as soon as you work back in the office, several Health Procedures from Building Management are waiting. These curiosities arise, Will people become less stressful in this New Normal era? And then, how the workplace can help reduce people stress during this pandemic? Meanwhile getting used to the health procedure during work is also tiring.

Here are my own opinions (very subjective) plus gathering some information from a webinar that I have attended since COVID Outbreak situation.

Remember, this COVID situation happens globally without exception. Whether you are living in a big city or in a small village everyone feels the same uncertain situation. In the workspace situation, remember your boss, your colleagues, everyone is also in the same situation. It makes the stress level of each individual is higher than the normal one. Maybe this sound so cliche, but spread happiness and positive vibes inside your working environment might reduce the average stress from the majority. Who can work best if inside their brain full of stressing factor plus the negative environment surrounding theirs?

In the middle of the pandemic, the company target will drive you crazy. The company felt they could use you as the moneymaker to stand steady in the middle or after the storm (COVID situation). The best thing to do is finding peace among worker. Be positive and find more empathy. These are the key because nowadays people have to find strength in each other.

It’s okay to be full of cautious. But, to repeat sad news, again and again, only drought the spirit on workers. They already heard bad news on the news portal, touch down the office they will hear the same sad news again. Their courage to be brave will be drought. Maybe some people will only think of back home and doing self-quarantine again, some others want to work from home, and some will be ignorance. Just play on some achievement news, rewatch a football game back in 2019, or a vacation channel. Those positive vibes are spreading as we being reminded of how good to live under the normal sun.

After the second point, you might think: “So, how about the ignorance one? They will harm us if we are not chattering away about the COVID situation?”

Believe in the health procedure from your building management (I will write about office design during the pandemic, make sure to write this also). Place a smiley note in every corner of your office that contains a friendly reminder to put on a mask, wash your hand, bring on your hand-sanitizer and etc. Let the note speaks on your behalf.

What has to be changed? The effectivity and efficiency of your work, absolutely. The time that you spend inside the office might be reduced, to maintain your physical condition. But, sometimes the management office has thought that you might only be slacking during work so no time reduced. The only way is to make it effective and efficient. The effect that you will only work normal hours no overtime. It will reduce the time length you spent inside the office and also the probability of COVID spreading.

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All these points sound lame and classic. But, it will help. Just make sure you have your head and heart stay healthy to face this pandemic. Stay safe and wait for another article about Workplace Design in the middle Pandemic! Publish soon.

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