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all our DHS desk furniture and possessions in the corridor during the move from 4th to 2nd floor

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all our DHS desk furniture and possessions in the corridor during the move from 4th to 2nd floor

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Vast increase in meetings often at terrible hours

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Vast increase in meetings often at terrible hours

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Going to extreme lengths to prevent injuries while working from home!

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Going to extreme lengths to prevent injuries while working from home!

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•Changing the ways of working, meeting all expectations while working under restriction; suppression of DT as travel pertains risks of disease transmission; travel restrictions and requirements such as 14-day quarantine for overseas travel; 

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To respond to long-term emergent response and manage the usual work; to know your strengths and limitations

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•Missing home – the uncertainty of how long travel restrictions will hold has created anxiety and homesickness.

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We have a vulnerable person at home and the biggest challenge was always coming home from work or from somewhere buying essentials and be able to take care of her while ensuring all necessary protocols are followed.

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“The biggest challenge for me was traveling during the pandemic with so much restrictions and lockdowns. From booking flights to getting necessary clearance and requirements was a nightmare. Having an excellent administrative support team is the key in overcoming these challenges.”

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•“No doubt COVID-19. The most challenging thing I had to do is to move with my family amid COVID-19 with fear and anxiety, which worked very well and successful, I’m thankful to my family that they are adjusting well.”

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•Adjusting to working from home effectively 🙁. Missing the routine of commuting to the office on jeepneys/buses.

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Difficulty in coordinating among partners, among WHO units in HQ and across while all are working remotely.
•Missions to countries enable relationships building. “With only virtual engagement we are slowly losing this capital and do not build new social capital. (how to overcome this – frequent engagement with WCOs, HQ unit and partners)”

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• Staying in touch with the reality on the ground which was quickly changing in member states with different epidemiological situation, which dictated the requests by MoH and needs by WCOs.

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A desk set present from my wife for working from home. 

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A desk set present from my wife for working from home. 

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The problem is, my daughter thinks it belongs to her and does not allow me to use it.

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Trying to retrofit administrative and logistics processes designed for in-person interactions to virtual formats proved challenging especially in terms of organizing WPRO meetings.

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• Getting used to smaller space including fewer monitors and other peripherals. Worked slowly until constant toggling between windows became the new norm and is tentatively known as “back-toggling”.

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·“To overcome this, on weekends I usually de-stress and have videocall hangouts with family and friends from around the globe. I’m also looking forward to a long Christmas break where I plan to disconnect online and binge watch on K drama.”

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On “switching off”, a very personal reflection mentioned how “It’s hard to delineate work from non-work. Unlike pre-COVID, I shutdown my computer, leave the office and go out and have a life. But now, since I can’t go out and have a life, I just continue working until late at night.

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• Working across different time zones, for a long time we at HPS were two different sub-units the Europe based one that increasingly was dealing with more and more with WHO HQ “asks” (due to similar time zones) while the Asia based on was dealing more with DHS and RD based tasks and requests. While there was some cross over between the two sub-units and there are some benefits to this two sub-unit approach, it was and is not optimal.

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•Working from home and with people across different time zones made it more difficult to switch off. This began to blur the lines between work and life, which increased the risk of burnout, especially at the earlier stage of the outbreak. It takes more effort now to protect the time to relax and recharge, and maintain good mental health.

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•Challenge and achievement are the same: It is still an everyday challenge to manage work and personal life in these COVID-19 times. Difficult to separate work and life, as they are so very entrenched in COVID;

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Connecting and building relationships with a new team and larger network of new colleagues while being remote.

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Working remotely, trying to connect and build working relations through online interactions, to overcome this I have tried to increase interactions with especially team members to build that connection of being in a team.

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•“I love having people listen to my ‘work problems’, and I get to solutions while I talk, so that was challenging working remotely. I eventually joined a small group of my colleagues who I get to talk to anytime I have questions, who answers me, or help me get to the answer I’m looking for.”

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Maintaining self-confidence in a remote working context with fewer visual cues and less immediate feedback

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•Maintaining motivation while working remotely and shifting from a fast-paced, short-term focus during the early phases of the pandemic to a more regular pace of work and longer-term projects.

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•Keeping oneself and family COVID-19 free and keeping home and work life balance

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•Change in modality for engage and maintain relationships- communicating with children through a screen.