Employee productivity and engagement during covid-19
Survey methodology and key findings
- Bonrepublic – is an international IT company that develops technological HR solutions. With the support of European and Russian companies, Bonrepubichas conducted a research to identify new and continuing trends caused by COVID-19 isolation on productivity and employee engagement.
- The study was conducted between April and May 2020 in Europe and Russia, among Russian and international companies, and included the responses of 272 respondents from 20 industries ranging from individual contributors to top management and owners of the company.
- Survey results revealed that conditions of isolation have had a serious negative impact on such aspects of engagement as satisfaction with the development opportunities, quality of team work, support of the direct manager, etc.
37%
respondents who are satisfied with the quality of teamwork have a 37% lower isolation effect
49%
of the workforce wasn’t working remotely until the pandemic
19%
of the respondents do not feel management support for work-life integration issues
22%
the isolation effect has a negative impact on productivity, reducing it by 22%
27%
27% of employees feel lack of feedback on their performance
17%
do not feel involved in their work during the isolation
Team Interaction | increases engagement by 33% increases productivity by 14% affects productivity stronger than the manager’s support |
Personal growth | the opportunity of professional development is the most significant factor affecting engagement in COVID-19 context |
Recognition | 29% of employees do not feel recognition from their colleagues in isolation |
Respondentsand methodology
Employees from 20 industries participated in the survey
32% – IT sector
13% – Finance sector
12% – business services
Number of respondents by functional area
40% Respondents are in rank-and-file positions
11% Are top managers, business owners
40% Respondents are in rank-and-file positions
11% Are top managers, business owners
23% Have been working at the current job less than a year
48% Employees work from 1 to 5 years
49% Were not working remotely until the covid-19 pandemic
87% Were not working remotely until the covid-19 pandemic
The report uses a 5-point likert scale
All responses in the survey are measured on the Likert scale