Table 3.
Theme 3 developed from thematic analysis in Study 1: “work–life balance management and centrality of life in the lockdown context”.
| Sub-Themes and Codes | Quotes |
|---|---|
| Conciliation | |
| Work–life | “I usually start my workday when I arrive at the office and try to finish it when I leave. Now I have mixed everything up” (Man, 31, teacher, no dependent children) |
| Family–work | “The child wanted me to play with him and as soon as I got on the computer he started to cry, he demanded a lot from me. I had all my papers all over the place. I had no space for myself, and the child made it more difficult for me.” (Woman, 36, teacher, with dependent children). |
| Work–family | “I was stressed because I didn’t look after my children well. We had to start abusing TV, which I don’t like at all; a lot of guilt and stress.” (Woman, 36, NGO 1, with dependent children); “Taking hours away from my family. If before I was scolded for working too much, now even more so because there are no schedules.” (Woman, 58, SME 2, with dependent children). |
| Care support | “While my partner was at home, I was able to work, but when he went back to work, it was hell.” (Woman, 36, NGO 1, with dependent children). |
| Accentuation of gender roles | “Combining my work with school follow-up, which my partner is not in charge of; he only has to tell me his timetable so that I can organise it. If there is no school in September, I will have to reduce my working hours: we women are condemned to live a doomed life.” (Woman, 36, NGO 1, with dependent children). |
| Addiction/life centrality | |
| Work centrality | “Everything has been about work; I don’t have anyone else; I am single and live alone. I dedicate everything to work” (Man, 41, Public Administration, no dependent children). |
| Hyperconnectivity | “It was some kind of nervousness, that they know that I am at my workplace, attentive to communications and to everything.” (Woman, 45, private company, no dependent children). |
| Disconnection and rest | “Having time to do what I like: realising the importance of working to live and not living to work.” (Man, 34, self-employed, no dependent children). |
1 NGO: non-governmental organization. 2 SME: small and medium-sized enterprises.