Marcello Russo: How 'zig-zag working' has brought more humanity to the workplace

The complete and irreversible blurring of work and home boundaries during the pandemic was rewarding at an emotional level, aside from being beneficial and productive

The literature has widely shown that professional and private lives can be allies. When we experience positive emotions in one of our roles, it can influence the other.

Acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, the Apple TV series Severance, released last year, centred around a group of employees working at a firm called Lumon Industries who are truly able to split their work and personal lives. 

When they are at the office, employees do not remember anything about the outside world and when they are at home, they don’t remember anything about work.