Tag: virtual workforce challenges

How to manage the painful realities of “Working from Home”

Since the novel coronavirus outbreak, organizations around the world have shifted from offices to living rooms. The pandemic has led to the world’s largest work-from-home experiment. And while the idea was a farfetched dream for employees, the pandemic has certainly sped up the entire process of it. With companies like Twitter, Shopify, Square, and Facebook…

Virtual meetup startup Airmeet raises $3M in funding

Bengaluru-based virtual meetup startup Airmeet recently announced that it has raised $3mn in funding. The funding round was led by Accel India with participation from VentureHighway and Global Founders Capital. Other investors like CloudCapital, BetterCapital, 100x Entrepreneur Fund, and Sequoia Scout also participated in the funding round. Entrepreneurs and CXOs like Gaurav Munjal, Co-founder, Unacademy;…

Team management, a challenge for the virtual workforce

As more and more businesses embracing the concept of virtual workforce, and a good number of people working remotely across industries, some constraints of virtual working are getting realized.  The virtual workforce in the U.S. has grown considerably over last few years with an estimated 20-30 million people currently working remotely at least once per…