With some companies declaring that more than 75% of the workforce would work from home permanently. This perk seemed like a remarkable move. But this can be viewed as an exception and the way to the future. Work from home was viewed as the best alternative amidst the Coivd19 uncertainty but now looks good only as a Plan B. Work from home is not feasible for the long term. It surely created a huge stir, but with its limitations coming up, it made us realize that it could never have been Plan A, to begin with.
Just think:
Can company culture and values be fostered through video chats? Can employees deliver without being connected to their teams? Can phone calls replace brainstorming sessions?
It will surely turn your day upside down!
WFH can take a toll on your well-being. With ‘Work from Home’ becoming ‘work at any time, all the time’, the essence of having a work-life is fading away. Sitting all day long on the couch, attending video meetings can not only keep you aloof from the company’s culture but also from the opportunity to learn and interact with peers. Here are some top concerns in regards to the WFH module:
- A part of the job-hunting process is to find the right work culture and crowd for you, which is totally eliminated in this mode of work.
- The lighting, air quality, temperature and work set up at a workplace are not as effective as at home. Moreover, both the environments are completely different.
- ‘Out of sight, out of mind’ is a real thing. Working from home can lead to limitations in reaching out to all the employees and, as a result, internal communications overall.
- Onboarding experience will never be the same if WFH continues. Induction programs for interns and fresh graduates will not be as effective online as it is in person.
- Work boundaries will go for a toss. When does the day start and when does it end? How will we keep a tab on it?
- When everyone is working behind their screens at a different location, disengagement and employee issues can go undetected.
- The feasibility of WFH is different for different sectors. Depending on the product Work from home may not work for some businesses at all. For instance- Manufacturing sectors.
On an overall
The downsides to the Work from Home module indicate that we need to get back to workplaces, but with a unified well-planned effort to make workplaces safe, secure, and resilient.
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