Home-Based Working During Covid-19 Pandemic: Experience of Turkish Software Professionals

Abstract

This study explores the home-based working experience of software professionals during Covid-19 pandemic. Through an online survey, it examines the challenges of home based working in relation to characteristics of such work settings. Furthermore, it investigates the relation between home-based working characteristics and self-reported productivity via bivariate analysis. The results of this study show that it was mostly easy to adopt to the home-based new work setting while most of the software practitioners stated that they worked longer hours during the pandemic period. Housework and kids were reported as the two primary interruptions in home based setting. Additionally, afternoons and mornings were mentioned as the most productive work intervals for software professionals.