Benefits Think How employers can help manage productivity — and stress — during coronavirus

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Barking dogs. Children needing help with schoolwork. Kitchen tables turned into desks. With routines turned upside down from countless distractions throughout the day, many employees who are working at home during the coronavirus pandemic find it difficult to get their work done.

Even though some employees are starting to return to the office, others are either still weeks away or planning to work from home permanently. With this in mind, it’s important to understand what’s causing many people to report declining productivity in national surveys. Those insights, in turn, provide an opportunity for employers to best support their workers’ physical, mental and financial well-being during this time and beyond.

Seth Serxner
Chief health officer

Seth Serxner is chief health officer at Optum.


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