Pandemic’s Effect on Office Work Time
--The pandemic and the series of lockdowns that followed have
changed our way of life, our social habits to a considerable
extent ; It is also true in respect of the office work time to which
we were habituated before ; Previously, the normal office time was
from 9 AM or 9-30 AM to 5 PM or 5-30 PM, respectively, in the
afternoon ; But now, by virtue of the pandemic situation, almost
all of us are habituated for a long time in a completely different
style of work like work from home, office work for a shorter time
or for a shorter time of different shift etc. These work from home
or flexible period of work for a long time have gradually changed
our likings and attitude towards the office work time to such
a great extent that this will be found very interesting if we have a
look into it ;
As per a recent multinational survey report among the workers
of 29 countries in this post pandemic period, one can observe the
following :-
-- People around the world who like to work flexibly when the
Covid-19 pandemic is over - Two-third portion of the persons
surveyed ;
--People who are prepared to quit their job if the authority compel
them to go back to office for full time like before – Almost
a third portion of the persons surveyed ;
--The survey also shows that people have coped better with work
from home than some feared ; Besides, a majority of the
people across the world like to keep working flexibly from home ;
The survey also challenges a number of dire predictions about the
effects of remote working ; It was apprehended that people will
miss their co-workers, they will be less productive & become
burned down ; But the survey finds only minority support for
these views ;
Hybrid Models of Work
Pattern –
Now-a-days Hybrid models of mixed 'in-office' and 'remote working'
are gaining popularity among both the employees & the managers ;
London Business School Professor, Lynda Graton also believes that
hybrid working model can make our lives more purposeful, productive
and flexible ; According to her, many are seeing this as a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reset our work using a hybrid model ;
In the post-pandemic future of work, nine out of ten organizations
will be combining remote & onsite working, according to a new
Mckinsey survey of 100 executives across Industries and geographies ;
The survey confirms that productivity & customer satisfaction have
increased during the pandemic with the help of this model ;
[Ref : ' Ipsos Group S.A. Survey', conducted by WEF & other sources
as mentioned] ;
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