Working in isolation can pose mental health challenges – here’s what anyone can learn from how gig workers have adapted
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Author(s): Brittany Lambert, Brianna Barker Caza, Erin Reid, Susan Ashford
Date: January 4, 2023
In the wake of the pandemic, it is clear that remote work is here to stay. It seems every week there are more news stories about workers preferring to work remotely, or companies closing physical office spaces.
This shift has employees and managers navigating new workplace challenges, not least of which is mental health concerns from working in isolation.
Now more than ever, there is much to be gained by learning from the lived experiences of gig workers – anyone working independently on a “gig-to-gig” basis. Many have experienced and experimented with managing a form of radical agency, flexibility and autonomy in an environment where working in isolation was a norm long before it became a more global reality.
This shift has employees and managers navigating new workplace challenges, not least of which is mental health concerns from working in isolation.
Now more than ever, there is much to be gained by learning from the lived experiences of gig workers – anyone working independently on a “gig-to-gig” basis. Many have experienced and experimented with managing a form of radical agency, flexibility and autonomy in an environment where working in isolation was a norm long before it became a more global reality.