Women in home office during the COVID-19 pandemic and the work-family conflict configurations/MULHERES EM HOME OFFICE DURANTE A PANDEMIA DA COVID-19 E AS CONFIGURACOES DO CONFLITO TRABALHO-FAMILIA/Mujeres en home office durante la pandemia de COVID-19 y las configuraciones del conflicto trabajo y familia

The aim of this research was to understand the impacts that working from home during the COVID-19 quarantine period had on the work-family conflict for Brazilian female workers. To reach the objective, fourteen professionals with different family arrangements, were interviewed. All the interviewees reported work overload due to organizational requirements, and the demands placed on them by their children and the home. Despite this, it is worth noting that, according to the testimonies, this work overload did not intensify the work-family conflict for all or them, contrary to what is claimed in the literature. Some interviewees stated that working from home brought them closer to their children and husbands, and provided more time for physical and leisure activities. This finding can contribute towards broadening the debate on work--family conflict, by postulating that it is not only time, pressure and behavior that are the sources of this conflict, but also the physical distance that the hours spent working away from the home imposes. KEYWORDS | Family-work conflict, telework, COVID-19, quarantine, double shift. Esta pesquisa objetivou compreender os impactos que a adocao do home office, no periodo da quarentena da Covid-19, teve no conflito trabalho-familia vivida por trabalhadoras brasileiras. Para alcancar o objetivo, foram entrevistadas 14 profissionais com diferentes arranjos familiares. Todas as entrevistadas relataram sobrecarga de trabalho devido as exigencias organizacionais, as demandas com os filhos e com a casa. Apesar disso, cabe destacar que, de acordo com os depoimentos, a sobrecarga de trabalho nao intensificou o conflito trabalho-familia para todas, o que vai na contramao do previsto na literatura. Algumas entrevistadas alegaram que o home office aproximou-as dos filhos e maridos e propiciou mais tempo para atividade fisicas e de lazer. Tal achado pode contribuir para ampliar o debate sobre o conflito trabalho-familia, muitas vezes conflituosa, ao postular que nao apenas o tempo, a pressao e o comportamento sao fontes deste conflito, mas tambem a distancia fisica que as horas dedicadas ao trabalho fora de casa requerem. PALAVRAS-CHAVES | Conflito trabalho-familia, home office, Covid-19, quarentena, dupla jornada. Esta investigacion tuvo como objetivo comprender los impactos que la adopcion del home office, durante el periodo de cuarentena de la COVID-19, tuvo sobre la relacion trabajo-familia de las trabajadoras brasilenas. Para alcanzar e