Mumbai: Pick up in Covid Drive Vaccination has encouraged several organizations to increase questions with consultants about whether the return process to the office can begin.
However, what is getting clearer – and the large company sets an example – is that the ‘hybrid’ workplace will be the way forward.
What regulates the tone of this trend is posting LinkedIn by Unilever Chro Leena Nair, where he said, “Because all the sadness, the pandemic has brought, one thing I hope we take from this is the flexibility brought for business and people.
Terrible to return to the road so many of us work – 40 hours week, long journey.
“Nair said the business had the opportunity to change for the better, adding that, while Unilever already had flexible and agile work practices, the organization embraced even more.
“We still develop our plans, but one thing is certain: everything will never return to their way before 2020,” Nair said.
PepsiCo recently announced its global shift in the workplace policy for corporate partners under ‘work work’.
Under new policies, there will be no workplace for daily default for employees at the location of the head office, and colleagues together with their managers can choose what work can be done remotely and what needs to be done in their office.
Citing studies, PepsiCo said employers who offered flexible work saw increased productivity of 15%, 31% of attendance and 10% less turnover.
Pepsico India Chro Pavitra Singh told TOI, “In the past, employers had doubts about it because there was fear of affected productivity.
However, the myth was damaged now.
It seems to be an extraordinary step forward and the current situation has played an important role .
In changing the mindset.
Today, people seem to be more sure naturally from the advantages of hybrid work.
“Singh said employees like flexibility but skip connections and friendship at the same time.
They prefer to come to the office a few days a week, because it also gave them a break from the usual scenario and the opportunity to meet their friends and colleagues.
“If we look at this model through an employer’s lens, the output is being sent and, in fact, the productivity level has increased now.
I feel that here to stay, given that employees have experience and seem to like it too.
We need to understand that the employer does not Want to compromise on innovation, creative thinking and employee happiness and this is where the hybrid model plays an integral role because it helps, connect, and celebrate, “Singh said.
Nishith Desai Associates Head (HUK HR) Vikram Shroff said as the second wave subsided, the employer wants to gradually restart the office.
“We saw a phase-wise approach with the front desk employees and the main managerial staff requested to continue the office at first.
From the perspective of the care task, some employers might prefer employees who are vaccinated to return to the office first.
However, employees will need to follow Standard operating procedures to help reduce Covid risk, “Shroff said.
He also added that because the government has announced that vaccination is voluntary, employers may not be able to mandate employees to get vaccinations, regardless of whether the vaccination drive is coordinated or sponsored by the employer.
“The Meghalaya High Court was recently held that forcing vaccination is a violation of fundamental rights.
I expect other courts to come up with the same judgment in time,” Shroff said.
Arjun Vaidyanathan, COO KPMG in India, said, “We will most likely follow the hybrid model as soon as we open again.”