The COVID-19pandemic has, of course, hit some industries harder than others. What effect does this have on the employees whose work and perhaps even job security is impacted disproportionately? Job furlough schemes have allowed organisations to retain staff and provided some financial security, but at the same time, people are displaced from their usual roles and perhaps uncertain about the future. Will Wiess explains what he has found to help maintain engagement, motivation and the social value of work.