Although teleworking is a practice that is highly requested and loved by employees, in the long run it can cause a deterioration in people’s health.
Undoubtedly, humans are constantly evolving. This was captured by a company that, with a strange image, showed how employees who telework will look like in the future.
According to the illustration, which at first glance may seem unpleasant, teleworkers will have a tremendous hump, protruding eyes and claw-shaped hands.
As time went by, teleworking became one of the few positive legacies left by the Covid-19 pandemic, four years ago, a practice that is quite loved by people. However, despite being beneficial, it can cause serious long-term problems in people’s health, both physical and mental.
“Anna shows many physical effects due to constant use of technology, exposure to screens and poor posture, in addition to potential mental health problems,” the company Furniture at Work described about her illustration.
This is what employees who telework would look like in the future, according to a study
A study by the University of Leeds, cited by the DailyMail newspaper, a third of teleworkers in the United Kingdom do not have a space dedicated exclusively to their work, so they work in the same rooms in which they sleep and eat.
Taking that into consideration, the company that owns the illustrations explained that to visualize the effects of not having a suitable place to work, they used scientific research and appointments with health experts to reveal “what the remote worker of the future could look like.”
Anna, the fictional character, shows increased weight, clawed hands due to constant writing, and poor posture due to hunching her back to work on the laptop. As a result of this, experts warn that people who continue teleworking should take regular breaks and stay active to avoid neck and back pain.
In this regard, Brian Clark, founder of United Medical Education, suggested that workers should take regular breaks “to stretch and move their bodies to avoid back and neck pain.”
In turn, Sarah Gibson, director of Proactive Healthcare, recommended that people use the 20-20-20 rule. This means “looking away from the screen every 20 minutes for 20 seconds and focusing on something 20 feet away.”
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