As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and social-distancing policies, remote working has increased in Europe (Eurofound, 2020a). Many organizations were forced to start using new digital technologies and social media applications as their primary modes of communication and collaboration. The crisis became a massive natural experiment in using technologies that enable social distancing and remote work. This mainly applied to office and knowledge workers, but other sectors were impacted as well. Many workers and companies were unprepared for the sudden change, and it is likely that workers’ technology-related stress and exhaustion might have increased.
