The Effects of Lockdown on the Working Population

The world has changed and is arguably never going back to how it once was. Society has adopted new practices at breakneck speed and nowhere more so than the working world. Shops and pubs have had to come up with “Covid Safe” environments overnight. Offices have had to be re-designed along with staffing rotas. All of these changes have an effect on the people involved.

As we all know this Winter has included a hard lockdown for the vast population of the UK. This has caused huge hardships for vast swathes of the population from children through to the elderly. Isolation and loneliness have been common and children have missed out on almost a year’s worth of schooling. Businesses have closed and many people have been made redundant. Only the furlough scheme is stopping major unemployment in this country.

But in this series of articles we’re going to look at the major negative effects on the working population, particularly office workers who have largely had to work from home or change their behaviour in many other ways.

Work routines for many people have been disrupted over the past 12 months and many people have gained weight, become depressed and burnt out, reduced their working hours amongst many other things. Over a series of blog posts we will look at each of these effects and what if anything people can do to help remedy the situation. Some things will be simple tricks that can be applied quickly while other recommendations may need a much more serious overhaul.

We’ll be using research from leading educational establishments along with expert opinions to give you sensible and applicable solutions to the many issues brought about by lockdown. We aim to leave no stone unturned as we look at the wide ranging effects of lockdown.

We will be looking at the physical effects of lockdown and the influence on health. After that we will look at the psychological and mental effects of the restrictions and finally we will look at the professional/career effects that office workers have endured.

We will also offer a glimpse of hope for the future and how these changes can be used as a positive moving forward and how we see the office landscape developing over the next few years. Keep an eye out for our next blog post as we dive into the subject matter more deeply.