Work-life balance and workplace wellbeing in Covid-19 pandemic conditions: a pilot study in Romania

Abstract

The end of 2019 was marked by the grim beginning of a new pandemic: Covid-19 hit China and spread across the world in a few months. 2020 saw the world experiencing new ways of working in a common effort to reduce incidence of Covid-19 infection. However, working remotely had its own impact on peoples’ health and wellbeing. The purpose of the paper is to understand the impact of teleworking on workplace wellbeing through the launch of a pilot study based on a detailed survey that was applied in a private company in Timisoara. The study revealed that the quality of life worsened as respondents reported symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders, weight gains, increase of blood pressure and glycaemic index, and somatization of stress.