According to known facts, remote working is highly favorable to organizations and their workers even, but even as it is beneficial, many organizations are yet to cop this work-style.
Kris HowardNew You
If remote working benefits a lot of organizations, why aren’t many organizations practicing it?
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Many companies are making remote work permanent. It saves resources and can be just as efficient as traditional in-person work. Moreover, completely digital or hybrid operations have proven highly effective during the COVID-19 crisis and will likely stick around after a vaccine is widely available. The problem is not all businesses can adapt to remote work successfully, at least not completely. Many industries require in-person contact while even more work with customers who still prefer the traditional shopping experience to e-commerce. This means companies will have to maintain physical premises whether or not employees come into work everyday. If you have the space, why not use it? Traditional management may find it easier to track workflow, hold meetings, and keep an eye on employees if they’re all in the office. Some tasks may even be easier with in-person interaction as opposed to online collaboration. To be clear, I think the option to work remote will become more widely available. However, I’m not sure we’re ready to shift to remote work for all or even most businesses out there.
The pandemic forced many companies across the world to close their offices and direct their employees to work from home indefinitely. A large segment of the global workforce has been forced to experiment with remote work on a scale never seen before due to the pandemic – and a lot has changed since then.
And almost after more than a year of global pandemic, there are many companies that are planning to remain fully remote post-pandemic. While companies like Microsoft and Reddit are taking hybrid approaches, allowing more flexibility, there are also companies that are not considering remote work a long-term trend, thus advising employees to standby. So why aren’t these companies making remote work permanent? Most people will think this has something to do with employee productivity and they are not completely wrong about this. While productivity remains the topmost concern for employers, lack of commitment from employees is also another factor preventing permanent work.