Japanese IT equipment and services company, Fujitsu Ltd recently said that it would halve its office space in three years as it rewrites the way employees work under a “new normal” amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company said its roughly 80,000 group employees in Japan would work flexible hours, and work-from-home would be standard wherever […]
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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 […]
The coronavirus pandemic has completely altered the dynamics of workplaces. Until a few months back, work-from-home meant no work and only an excuse to take a paid leave. But due to the pandemic, that notion is changing completely. During the pandemic, many major corporations had asked their employees to work from home till December end. […]
Social media major Twitter recently announced its plans to allow many of its employees to work-from-home permanently, even after the coronavirus pandemic passes. According to an internal email sent by CEO Jack Dorsey to employees, the company is unlikely to open its offices before September. It also said that some jobs that require physical presence, […]
Online retail giant Amazon Inc has reportedly told staff whose job can be done from home that they can do so until at least October 2, Reuters reported. Brushing out the timeline on a return to work for many employees, the move is seen as an outcome of the scrutiny the company is facing over […]
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted normal worklife severely. The global economy came to a halt because of the pandemic and now every business and economist is waiting for it to be over as soon as possible. The decision of imposing nationwide lockdown by the government has now started to take a toll on the GDP. […]
The novel coronavirus outbreak, which originated from China in December last year, has now spread to India forcing the government to impose a nationwide 21-day lockdown. The outbreak has now been termed as “pandemic” by the World Health Organisation. So far, the virus has claimed 47 lives and infected more than 1500 people. Organizations nationwide […]
US-headquartered IT firm Cognizant Technology Solutions is looking to pay an additional 25% of base pay to some of its employees in India and the Philippines as a major chunk of its offshore workforce is working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. As the world battles coronavirus pandemic, different companies are trying in their own […]
Work-from-home, remote working or telecommuting, whatever you may call it, but handling all your work-related tasks from the comfort of your couch is now becoming a normal thing and you won’t be judged for that. Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, work-from-home is now the talk of the town. The coronavirus outbreak, which first originated […]
The concept of working remotely has been around for quite some time now. Many employees or freelancers don’t endorse the habit of making it to the office every day. But since the novel coronavirus outbreak, even the people who would daily report to the office are working from their homes. The virus, which originated in […]