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How IT people relate to quarantine, what they do in self-isolation and what they use



We continue to share the analytics of our quarantine survey . Today is the third, final report, in which we will show how IT professionals relate to quarantine in general, how their daily lives have changed, what new habits have appeared and what tools they use to work together remotely.

At the time of publication, more than 3,000 people took part in the survey - users of Habr and Habr Careers.

In the first report, we looked at how quarantine affected the labor market in IT as a whole: there were no mass layoffs, but the companies slowed down with hiring. In the second  , they found out what difficulties IT specialists faced: the most acute problems are noisy children at home, workplace equipment, lack of communication with colleagues and the daily routine.

By the way, right now, at the Habr Career, a remote Marathon is being held , where together we learn to adapt to new working conditions for many. Come in, register, participate in webinars.

Next week's topic: non-working processes
Curator of the week: Pavel Petlinsky, development director of the Rambler portal


Quarantine


Most IT professionals strictly follow the quarantine rules - they go out shopping only, every tenth person prefers not to go anywhere.


Most fully support the quarantine measures introduced, but one in five still considers them unreasonably strict.


It is curious that women are more loyal to the established order, among them a smaller proportion of those who consider quarantine measures too strict.



Quarantined mood


In the previous report, we saw that former remote workers are much better at telecommuting than those who previously worked from the office. You can not say about the mood in conditions of self-isolation: it does not depend on previous experience.


It is logical that those who consider quarantine measures too strict feel worse than everyone else in self-isolation.



But what is unexpected - men in general feel better than women, despite the fact that among them there is a large proportion of those who disagree with the severity of quarantine measures.



The presence of children practically does not affect the mood in self-isolation: only among those who previously worked remotely, children clearly increase their mood.



Individuals living in separate families feel much better in self-isolation than those who live with their parents or alone.



The number of people living together influences the mood in self-isolation in much the same way as the attitude towards remote work. Living in families of 2–4 people value the distance more than those living alone or in those who live in larger families. True, not everything is as clear as we can see from the diagrams.



The higher the qualification of an IT specialist, the apparently he is a little more comfortable in self-isolation. Although, this can also be argued only with a stretch of the imagination.



New habits


Despite the fact that we are forced to stay in self-isolation with our family 24 hours a day, only one in three noted that he began to spend more time with his family. That is, we all work in the previous mode, while every third noted that he began to work even more, and only every sixth - that less. More people began to play a little more computer games, take more courses, engage in hobbies. One out of five, however, did not change much.


The main new habit that arose in connection with quarantine was that we began to wash our hands more often, a little more than half of the respondents note this (it is strange that there are so few). More than a third began to sleep more, more than a quarter - more to eat. One in four began to engage in sports loads, apparently, to compensate for the habit of eating more;)


To improve mood and overall tone, 40% listen to music or study new things. A third prefers to lean on junk food, and a third shows physical activity. One in four helps a hobby.



Teamwork tools


The most popular service for communication between colleagues is Telegram; more than half of all specialists use it. Next come email and Skype. We collected the same statistics 2 years ago. Then the absolute favorite was Skype, Telegram was only gaining momentum, and Zoom was still not in sight.


Almost half of all IT professionals use JIRA to conduct tasks. Two years ago, this service was also the most popular, but it did not have such a big gap from other services. Over the past two years, Google Docs and Gitlab have gained momentum, beating Trello and Redmine in popularity.


Like two years ago, more than half of IT professionals use nothing to keep track of time. And among those who still use something, JIRA is still the leader.




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