  While much work focuses on the impacts of the pandemic on people's
psychological and physical health, it is still unclear about the practical
changes and adaptations. In this work, we interviewed 46 participants who were
forced to work from home. Results show that there is an increased reliance on
asynchronous communication, which slowed communication efficiency and decreased
initiative to communicate. The home environment causes distraction from
households and lacked facilities but is embraced by a group of people. Many
people had to passively adapt to the communication and environmental changes
and accept the limitations of technology, a situation that is not sustainable
in the long run. We pointed out how technology can potentially play a larger
role in supporting communication and coping with environmental changes in the
future.
