Research note: Job Satisfaction and working from home in Romania, before and during Covid-19

Based on ICTs development, telework is a rapidly changing phenomenon (Eurofound, 2017) and has provoked many debates how it influences people's lives (Allen, Golden Shockley, 2015; Golden, 2009), allowing people to work from anywhere anytime via laptops, tablets, smartphones (Maitland Thomson, 2014). The Covid-19 outbreak accelerated social change led forced entry of entire segments the workforce into telework. was steep in particular for countries with lower pre-pandemic incidence working home, such as Romania. Using longitudinal data an original series surveys (Voicu et al. 2020) carried out 2018 during Spring 2020 lockdown Romania, paper aims explore job satisfaction those working-from-home relation work-life boundaries, before quarantine period. Findings are useful deeper understanding new arrangements influence tele-workers' perceptions their quality life. Results indicate that while pandemic, home increasing age respondent (the younger being more satisfied home), trend changed quarantine, increased significantly over 40. Additionally, hours pandemic associated scores COVID-19 quarantine. Keywords: home; satisfaction; WLB, pandemic; teleworkers. ????? Bazat? pe dezvoltarea TIC, telemunca reprezint? un fenomen de schimbare rapid? (Eurofound ce provocat numeroase dezbateri cu privire la modul în care influen?eaz? via?a oamenilor ?i Shockley permi?ând acum acestora s? lucreze oriunde oricând prin intermediul laptopurilor, tabletelor smartphone-urilor Thomson Declan?area crizei accelerat schimb?rile sociale dus o intrare for?at? întregii popula?ii telemunc?. Schimbarea accelerat? s-a produs special ??rile inciden?? pre-pandemic? sc?zut? ceea prive?te experien?a lucra acas?, cum este cazul României. Folosind date longitudinale provenite dintr-un sondaj online despre munca acas? 2020), efectuat timpul carantinei din prim?vara lui România, lucrarea î?i propune exploreze satisfac?ia muncii rândul celor lucreaz? raport limitele echilibrului dintre profesional? cea personal?, înainte perioadei carantin?. Constat?rile sunt utile pentru în?elegere mai profund? modului noile aranjamente lucru percep?iile telelucr?torilor asupra calit??ii vie?ii. Rezultatele indic? faptul c?, timp pandemie, locul munc? lucrau sc?dea odat? vârsta respondentului (cel tân?r fiind mul?umit acas?), aceast? tendin?? schimbat carantinei, iar crescut exponen?ial persoanele peste 40 ani. În plus, multe ore pandemie asociat scoruri mici satisfac?ie COVID-19. Cuvinte-cheie: acas?; muncii; „WLB”; pandemie; telelucr?tori.