Abstract:

Before the pandemic, only 2.13% of the Poles worked remotely. COVID-19 made many Polish employees perform work from home (WFH), which was something completely new and unexpected for them. It could be assumed that the lack of previous experience and the sudden introduction of this change would cause a number of difficulties. One could suppose - based on the experience of other economies - that it would also bring some benefits for them. The purpose of the paper was to identify which of the potential benefits and difficulties defined by authors from other countries, where remote work has been more common and known for years, are actually felt by Polish employees. The research was carried out in April 2021, i.e. a year after the outbreak of the disease, and presents the issues from Polish employee's perspective.