Page 25 - Work From Home

Story in Numbers: 69% prefer work from home to continue to avoid traffic

The survey was an attempt to understand how people were feeling under the lockdown since March 25

Protection to fashion

They must be worn and taken off properly to ensure any contaminated surfaces don't to­u­ch the face, and if reusable, washed re­gularly

Are we over-celebrating 'work from home'?

The Microsoft top boss feels that the increase in productivity has come at the price of burning the 'social capital' built up by companies over very many years

Realtors plan bigger houses to accommodate a 'home office' inside them

Social distancing, work-from-home spur realtors to increase share of 3-BHK apartments so that one room can be used as an office

Covid-19 : HP sees spike in demand for PCs with work from home, e-classes

Reported declining revenue on supply-chain disruption

How customer support agents are learning the ropes of work from home

Anantha Radhakrishnan, CEO and MD of Infosys BPM, sees in this disruption an opportunity to digitise the entire value chain

Nasscom for policy tweak to enable longer work-from-home scenario

Nasscom has asked for the abolition of OSPs (other service providers) under the Department of Telecom, under which certain kinds of work (such as voice calls) cannot be shifted to employees' homes.

Dear Office, your services are terminated

The demise of the office has been foretold yet again. But there's a lot of fight left in the old lady.

Top chefs are sharing comfort food recipes to turn their fans into cooks

The country's top chefs, in response to requests from followers and to tackle their own work-from-home blues, have been sharing culinary hacks in increasingly casual and honest tones.

Work from home forever

The fact is that small businesses will not be able to afford to experiment; individual workers do not have the power to impose their preferences

A long, dry summer

A silver lining in the dark clouds of this 10-week lockdown and the attendant downturn in the economy is the possibility that online ordering and home deliveries of at least wines will continue.

Despite pressure from govt, US tech giants in no rush to open office

Google and Facebook told employees that many workers who can do their jobs remotely should plan to do so until 2021

Fighting coronavirus: It's a mixed bag for Indian firms in Britain

Jaguar Land Rover, a marquee entity of the Tata group, has been majorly hit by the freeze

Covid-19 crisis: IT services companies pad up to reopen offices for staff

Apart from issuing guidelines for employees with dos and don'ts, the companies are using technology-led solutions to ensure social distancing at workplaces.

Crosswords in lockdown

At a time when so many of us are confined to our homes, crosswords provide an intellectually challenging alternative to passive binge-watching

Work from home to be new normal for govt offices after lifting of lockdown

Draft guidelines in this regard have been circulated by the Personnel Ministry to all central government departments asking them to send their comments on it by May 21

'Work from home' to be new normal in govt offices; draft guidelines issued

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) may provide the option for work from home to the eligible officers/staff for 15 days in a year as a matter of policy

Employees can work from home 'forever', says Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

He said the firm isn't likely to return to its offices before September, and even after the lockdown measures end, employees could continue to work from home, if they want.

Fake websites to emails, fraudsters see opportunities in Covid-19 crisis

Fraudsters see opportunities in these uncertain times

Coronavirus impact: Twitter to permit employees to work from home 'forever'

Twitter will not be opening its offices before September and there will be no business travel before that month