In today’s COVID-19 business environment, many employees have been forced into a telework environment.  However, teleworkers are expected to be information technology (IT) literate.  This may not be the case for many new COVID-19 teleworkers.  This paper argues that today’s teleworkers may be experiencing emotional work exhaustion/stress as a result of the added IT issues and expectations beyond their typical job duties.  A framework regarding mindfulness and emotional intelligence (EI) strategies is provided as a possible solution for organizations to aid in COVID-19 employee IT stress.