Lockdown 2020: A Psychological Study of Professionals Working Life

COVID-19 has shaken the core of the word by storm since 2020 but seldom studies have been conducted to understand the level of stress among working professions due to strict measures taken by various countries i.e., lockdowns to which India is no exception. Life is not a bed of roses and COVID- 19 is testament to it. COVID-19 has paralysed life of people. Underlying the believe in welfare of the society the authors have tried to comprehend the adversities that this pandemic has brought in. So, it’s an endeavour to understand the psychological repercussion on the lives of people. On March 11th, 2020 World Health Organization declared Coronavirus as a pandemic and on March 20th, 2020 the government of India took the step towards first lockdown which resulted in four phases. The present study is an attempt to assess the efficiency & the level of stress among the working professions & students in India before and after lockdown regarding to work from home for the first time in history i.e., virtually. The data is from of people scattered across the country residing in different states and cities. It was observed that among all the working, the ones with day-to-day income source were comparatively less efficient in their working from home experience & professionals with day-to-day income source showed higher stress levels due to work from home. Moreover, those persons who found it difficult to work from home were more likely to be able to predict early end of lockdown then others.