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Background

In the wake of COVID-19, it was necessary for the company to adopt telecommuting in place of
face-to-face work mode ; aside from the government’s policy that facilitated outright lock down
of economic activities, it was important that we considered the health and safety of our
employees.
However, the policy of telecommuting comes with a lot of challenges that we need to put into
consideration before outright implementation.

One of the challenges of Work from Home policy is that it may expose the company to security
threat especially if staff may have to access company’s network and system1

Contrary to managerial paranoia, people generally want to be good at their job. To do that, many
need the support, collaboration, and friendship of colleagues, which is more difficult to foster
online.2 The isolation could lead to depression, demotivation and eventually cripple productivity.

Despite the general opinion that telecommuting will enhance work life balance, working from
home could be more demanding; it may be extremely difficult to separate work from leisure
time. There is consciousness that employee tend to be more relaxed while working from home
which may call for stringent execution policies and deadline. The absence of an obvious division
between the personal and professional realms means some remote workers get distracted by
housework3

It has been proven that working from home could increase job satisfaction, however, it is subject to the law of
diminishing returns. As remote work increases, job satisfaction increases; however, it only increases up to a certain
point (Golden & Veiga, 2005).

This proposal examines employees’ satisfaction about flexible working policy and provides
advice on the need to resume office. 12 questions are designed to assess the employee’s
satisfaction about flexible working policy. We are targeting 275 respondents from different
departments. The survey will be administered via SurveyMonkey and employees are expected to
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respond within 15 minutes of receiving the links from their emails

The questions focus on work life balance, productivity, job satisfaction, challenges of working
from home and establishment of getting support from colleagues especially direct managers.

Objective
- To examine if the company should adopt work from home policy
- To ascertain employees’ satisfaction about flexible working policy

Areas of Measure/ Sources

12 questions are designed to assess the employee’s satisfaction about flexible work from home
plan. We are targeting 275 respondents. The questions focus on work life balance, productivity,
job satisfaction, challenges of working from home and establishment of getting support from
colleagues especially direct managers.

Survey Administration Plan

We are using SurveyMonkey to conduct the survey. The link will be sent via direct email for all
staff to participate. All employees are expected to respond within 15 minutes of receiving the
link in their emails. The data collected will be analyzed to ascertain the adoption of teleworking
by the company or not.

The LAMP Framework

Logic
We are considering flexible working plan on ascertain employee’s job satisfaction.

Measure and Analysis

Statistics
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I am satisfied with my experience

of flexible working
N Valid 275
Missing 0
Mean 3.59
Median 4.00
Mode 4
Std. Deviation 1.068
Range 4

I am satisfied with my experience of flexible working

Cumulative
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent
Valid strongly agree 4 1.5 1.5 1.5
agree 66 24.0 24.0 25.5
neither agree nor disagree 15 5.5 5.5 30.9
disagree 145 52.7 52.7 83.6
strongly disagree 45 16.4 16.4 100.0

Total 275 100.0 100.0

Case Processing Summary

Cases
Valid Missing Total
N Percent N Percent N Percent
Gender * I am satisfied with my 275 100.0% 0 0.0% 275 100.0%
experience of flexible working

Gender * I am satisfied with my experience of flexible working Crosstabulation

Count
I am satisfied with my experience of flexible working Total
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neither agree nor

strongly agree agree disagree disagree strongly disagree
Gender Male 4 40 15 50 0 109
Female 0 26 0 95 45 166
Total 4 66 15 145 45 275

Case Processing Summary

Cases
Valid Missing Total
N Percent N Percent N Percent
Length of Service * I am 275 100.0% 0 0.0% 275 100.0%
satisfied with my experience of
flexible working

Length of Service * I am satisfied with my experience of flexible working

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I am satisfied with my experience of flexible

working
strongly neither agree
agree agree nor disagree disagree
Length of Less than 1 0 10 9 61
Service year
1-5 years 4 30 6 70
6-10 years 0 26 0 14
Total 4 66 15 145

Process

From all indications, it is pertinent for the company not to adopt the working from home policy
using the data generated above. The resumption to the office could be in phases as to monitor the
COVID-19 situations

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References
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3
Amanda, Mull. ‘‘Generation Work-From-Home May Never Recover’’ The Atlantic,
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/10/career-costs-working-from-
home/615472/
2
Gene, Marks. ‘‘We're not all going to be working from home, nor should we. Here's why
’’The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/11/were-not-all-going-to-be-
working-from-home-nor-should-we-heres-why.
Accessed 8th October 2020.

Golden, T. D., & Veiga, J. F. (2005). The impact of extent of telecommuting on job satisfaction:
Resolving inconsistent findings. Journal of Management, 31, 301– 318.
doi:10.1177/0149206304271768
1
Tony, Anscombe. “COVID-19 and the shift to remote work .” welivesecurity,
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/03/16/covid19-forced-workplace-exodus/ Accessed 8th
October 2020

Appendix

Sample Questionnaire to develop flexible working plan

12 questions are designed to assess the employee’s satisfaction about flexible work from home
plan. We are targeting 275 respondents from different departments.

The questions focus on work life balance, productivity, job satisfaction, challenges of working
from home and establishment of getting support from colleagues especially direct managers.

We are using SurveyMonkey to conduct the survey. The link will be sent via direct email for all
staff to participate. All employees are expected to respond within 15 minutes of receiving the
link in their emails.
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The data collected will be analyzed to ascertain the adoption of teleworking by the company or
not.

1. Gender

A. Male B. Female

2. How long have you been working in the company?

A. Less than 1 year B. 1- 5 years C. 6-10 years

3. I am satisfied with my experience of flexible working

A. Strongly Agree B. Agree C. Neither agree nor disagree D. Disagree E. Strongly Disagree

4. Do you face any challenge while working from home?

A. Yes B No. C. Maybe

5. If you answer yes in 4 above, please, state the top challenges you face below
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6. It is certain that working from home enhance my work life balance

A. Strongly Agree B. Agree C. Neither agree nor disagree D. Disagree E. Strongly

Disagree

7. Working from helps me perform better than working from the office

A. Strongly Agree B. Agree C. Neither agree nor disagree D. Disagree E. Strongly

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Disagree.

8. I understand and adhere strictly to my work goals and schedule while working remotely

A. Strongly Agree B. Agree C. Neither agree nor disagree D. Disagree E. Strongly

Disagree

9. I get enough support from my manager and colleagues

A. Strongly Agree B. Agree C. Neither agree nor disagree D. Disagree E. Strongly
Disagree

10. I will rather work in the office than work from home
A. Yes B. No C. Maybe

11. Do you have anti-virus installed on your computer?

A. Yes B. No

12. Do you think working from home affects your intimate relationship with colleagues?

A. Strongly Agree B. Agree C. Neither agree nor disagree D. Disagree E. Strongly

Disagree