A qualidade de vida no teletrabalho de instituições federais de ensino durante a Covid-19

Abstract

In 2020, the world and humanity went through yet another ordeal, this time an illness turned into a pandemic and in less than 4 months it reached almost all countries on all continents. According to the World Health Organization, it is estimated that the SARS-CoV2 virus, which causes the disease COVID-19, has killed more than 15 million people across the planet. There were no vaccines or drugs to combat this virus and therefore emergency preventive measures were taken. The lockdown (stay at home) was implemented to reduce the spread of the virus as health services were overwhelmed by patients. Jobs and public services remained minimally functioning due to the compulsory implementation of teleworking. This reality also manifested itself in Cariri Cearense, affecting the functioning of its main public university. The objective of the research is to evaluate the quality of life in teleworking of employees of the Pro-Rectorate of Administration of the Federal University of Cariri – UFCA during the Covid-29 pandemic period, composing a sample of 27 participants. The quality of life in teleworking was revealed through the application of the Scale of Quality and Life in Teleworking by Andrade (2020), measuring the perceptions of employees and verifying their location in the psychometric cartography area of Ferreira (2011), identifying where the researched factors they found themselves, whether in the dominant malaise, in the transition zone or in the dominant well-being. The research brought, based on an ex post facto analysis, the perception about quality of life resulting from working outside the university walls, which were found to be a dominant well-being zone according to the conclusion of this study. It can also be seen that even though employees are forced to telework immediately and compulsorily, they demonstrate well-being in terms of their infrastructure and work context, which allows for the implementation of teleworking with greater planning and peace of mind.