Dubai: A year after the COVID-19 pandemic had first forced offices to close in the UAE, Work From Home (WFH) is taking a toll on professional and personal lives, blurring the boundaries between the two, and throwing work-life off balance, said employees and employers who still WFH to varying degrees.
Once little-known in the pre-pandemic world, fringe trends such as WFH and ‘Zoom’ meetings were thrust into virtually everyone’s lives last March, turning bedrooms into offices and dinner tables into workstations. Family members jostled to find their own space and electronic devices to work or study, as many also grappled to learn how to use the ‘new’ remote work platforms.