'We are restless, apathetic, unsettled': Coping with remote work fatigue in SA

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'We are restless, apathetic, unsettled': Coping with remote work fatigue in SA
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MTN says it will give its staff an extra 'free, unplugged week' of leave to recharge from the fatigue caused by working remotely.

In response, the company had introduced a “spring break” for all staff to rest, recharge and rejuvenate.

She said another issue with remote work was when boundaries, such as after-hours, were not respected. “For example, if you aren’t in traffic at 5pm you are expected to agree to a meeting then. Though not taking a full lunch hour as you’re at home and just need a short break, for example, is often forgotten,” Linde told TimesLIVE.

Linde said languishing was not a mental illness as such but a set of distressing emotions — emptiness, monotony, restlessness, stagnation.

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