Özet:

The study aimed at identifying the problems people with different chronic disorders, which are involved in employment in Turkey and determined by the Ministry of Health as a risk group in terms of Covid-19, experienced during the pandemic period. In the private sector and the public sector, workers with different chronic diseases have been tried to compare the problems they encounter. The aim of the group is to identify the challenges they face. The study, which used the deep interview method, discussed 14 participants employed in various organizations in the public and private sector and with different chronic disorders identified by the Ministry of Health as a risk group in terms of Covid-19. The data obtained to participants through the cartridge sampling method was analyzed by the MAXQDA2022 program. When scanning the relevant literature, the limitation of the studies on individuals with different chronic disorders that are included among the risk groups during the pandemic period and the problems they encounter in the work life. It is therefore believed that the work is original and will contribute to the related literature. The field research has found that private and public sector employees experience fear/threateness due to their current chronic disorders and that this situation is reflected in their work lives. Participants in the private sector have seen more profits from the flexible work and administrative license practices, while participants in the public sector have faced a variety of challenges despite the generally drawn. In the case of work from a distance (home), the difference between time and working time has disappeared, the workload has increased and this situation has reduced the efficiency of the workers. The inclusion in the group of participants with only chronic diseases and the coverage of the results only to the relevant group of participants constitutes the limitations of the study.