Even as coronavirus cases are again rising in the country, companies are now adopting a wait-and-watch approach on ending the work from home and calling employees to the office. Covid cases rise, Companies switch to work from home again: Check details.
Since coronavirus cases are rising again across the country, several companies may backtrack on their previously announced ‘work from home’ plan. Though nothing has been confirmed as yet, firms are reportedly keeping a close watch and waiting for government directives in the wake of a sudden uptick in coronavirus cases.
Reports claimed that staff of many companies is being asked to continue working from home for the next few weeks owing to the surge in infection rate. A survey conducted by recruitment and staffing firm CIEL HR Services showed that employees are even ready to quit the job if the option of working from home ends.
Of the 10 respondents, at least 6 were ready to resign instead of returning to the office. The survey findings, shared with the Economic Times further sowed that the same number of respondents (from IT, outsourcing, tech startups, consulting, BFSI, and business-enabling functions across all sectors) are ready to turn down the offer of a higher-paid job that requires them to come to the office.
HCL reportedly said that it will continue to operate in hybrid mode as employees’ safety and well-being are the company’s top priorities. “One of our top priorities is the safety and well-being of our employees and their families.
We also remain deeply committed to maintaining our business normalcy, thereby ensuring uninterrupted services to our clients. Currently, we are monitoring the situation and continue to operate in a hybrid model”, a portal quoted the IT major as saying.
On April 19, Zomato co-founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal sent an email to his employees stating that there might be compulsory work from home for a few weeks again, depending on the situation of the next few days. “Please prepare your home workstations for this event”, Zomato’s mail to its employees read.
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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), on the other hand, remains committed to adopting the ’25X25′ model and introducing hot desks. The 25X25 model aims to bring people back to the office and gradually transition into the hybrid work model. Under the model, by 2025, no more than 25 per cent of the company’s employees will need to work from the office at any given point, and an employee will not need to spend more than 25 per cent of their time in the office.
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