Impact of Work From Home (WFH) on Indonesian Teachers Performance During the Covid-19 Pandemic : An Exploratory Study
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify obtain information about the advantages and disadvantages of working at home ( Work From Home ) during pandemic COVID-19. Research using the case study method, using an approach to discover and study method qualitative case that is used to gain information advantages and disadvantages of working at home ( Work From Home ) during pandemic COVID-19. In this study, respondents were 6 people in an elementary school in Tangerang. For confidentiality purposes, respondents are given the initials R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6. Semi- structured interviews were conductedand a list of questions compiled for interviews was developed based on the related literature. Respondents for this study were teachers and at an elementary school in Tangerang. The results of this study are that there are several advantages and disadvantages to the WFH program, the advantages are that the WFH activity is more flexible in completing work, does not follow office hours, does not need to spend money to pay for transportation costs or gasoline costs , can minimize the level of stress experienced besides traffic jams traffic from home to the office, have more free time. The disadvantage of WFH is that it can lose work motivation to bear electricity and internet costs, can cause data security problems.