The era of smartworking has arrived in which the workplace is no longer the office, but the internet. To work, it is no longer necessary to move from one place to another and spend endless hours behind a desk surrounded by colleagues, but a smartphone or tablet and a fast connection are all that is needed.
In Italian it is defined as agile work or mobile work and has radically changed the habits of employees and professionals, also extending working hours.
If in fact the so-called smartworking has the positive side of "simplifying" the lives of workers, the other side of the coin is that there is no longer a clear and defined working schedule. The canonical eight hours a day risk becoming just a distant memory.
Being connected 24/24 also means being available at any time. To close a case, to send a project via email, to draw up documents.
The practical effect of this new frontier is described by the "Global Business Survey" research carried out by Rebus and published in the Corriere della Sera.
Taking companies and customers located in 105 countries around the world as a basis for analysis, the company that supplies flexible offices and coworking spaces has drawn up an identikit of "smartworkers". The result may not be particularly pleasing to Italian workers. According to the research, 21% of Italian respondents work 15 hours more a week, jeopardizing what the British call "worklife balance", ie the balance between work and private life.
Free time has been significantly reduced, with only one day off, Monday being the hardest day, and 53% of those interviewed often and willingly check emails and messages even while at the bar or restaurant. 50% also do it while traveling on public transport, while 35% also work in airport business lounges.
