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According to the results of the survey, the new workday of employees in Colombia is now more than 8 hours a day. This is recognized by 57.7% of those surveyed who say that on average they work more than that number of hours during the pandemic.
“In terms of gender, 61% of women and 53.2% of men have seen their working hours increased, respectively,” the study describes.
Another of the main consequences adopted on account of COVID-19 was the transfer of work tasks to homes, which which impacted their daily life and implied the reconciliation of them, the report concludes.
In what has to do with digital media, they became the main working tool during the crisis. 51.8% of those surveyed (57.5% women and 45% men) recognize who use digital media for more than 8 hours a day in this ‘new normal’.
“This meant, in turn, that the internet has become an important enabler to guarantee the productivity of human talent. However, 44% of those surveyed said they had poor internet quality problems ”, concludes the study called ‘Work and Personal Life Reconciliation Survey’, published by Andi and Mintrabajo.
The study was conducted with a sample of 8,670 people (one of the largest in Colombia) of 277 companies (42% from the manufacturing industry, 15% from the information and communications sector and 11% from commerce), mainly from Bogotá (40%), Antioquia (25.2%) and Valle del Cauca (10%) .
Another important finding is that income was reduced during the pandemic for 32% of those surveyed; 46% assured that their expenses increased with work at home.
“This meant the search for other economic activities in 17% of those surveyed. There, the development of sales of products or food through social networks and domicile (71%), sales of services (8%) through social networks and at home, and family businesses (6%), ”adds the report.
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Regarding cyber security, these are some recommendations:
Protect documents with password
Companies can strengthen the exchange of information with document encryption or the generation of files with passwords in which only the sender and receiver know the keys.
“In this way, in the event that the file is lost, it will not be so easy to violate it,” says Jesús Heriberto Martínez, Professional Services Business Director of OlimpiaIT.
Digital signature of documents
Public and private companies need to sign documents and to avoid displacement they can do so easily with solutions on the web, such as www.firmamos.com, which allow the dematerialization and immaterialization of the same, with full legal validity.
Malicious email identification
Users may receive emails from malicious companies engaged in ‘phishing’ or impersonation to steal information on the Internet. The first thing to do to identify them is to check the time the mail was received.
It is not common for business mail to arrive outside of office hours. Also, it is important to verify the domain (the word after the at sign) because they are usually names similar to entities that change by just one letter (for example: @ Gobierno.gov.co), according to a statement from Olimpia IT sent to the media. .
Have a good internet connection
In order for all of the above to be fulfilled, it is necessary for people to have an optimal internet system so that connections are not interrupted by system failures. One tip is to work close to the router or modem to get the best signal.
Stay in touch with instant messaging tools
Using Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Apple iMessages to keep in touch in real time and help smooth out the impact of email is one option to keep in touch quickly.
However, it is advisable to have a contingency plan in case any of these media collapses or presents errors, USA Today added.
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