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How sustainability of work from home

will shape workplaces of the future

By Nayela Mulla, Head - Human Resources, InterMiles

Covid-19 has put various sectors
and industries in a reset or restart
mode, and has emerged a catalytic
force in altering the work culture,
inspiring HR leaders to reimagine
the future of work.

Covid-19 has proven to be a major
black swan event with a transformative
impact on everything – from countries
and industries, to organisations and
individuals. Rapid spread of the
pandemic and the resultant lockdown
virtually necessitated an overnight
switch to a work-from-home paradigm,
not only altering lives and lifestyles of
workers, but also redefining the
benchmarks of human resource
management for organisations. This
event thus has set a completely new
precedent that will have a definitive
and lasting impact on the future of
work, along with the evolution of the
workplace.

Even as economies around the world
are adapting to the new normal and
lockdowns are being eased, employee
readiness to return to the workplace
still remains very low. A recent Gartner
HR Survey revealed that 41% of
employees are likely to work remotely
at least for some time even after the
pandemic, and it is widely anticipated
that some jobs may permanently move
out-of-office to remote workstations.
For individual workers, working-from-
home is not just a safety imperative, but
also brings along additional benefits