The office we left is not going to be same when we returnpost lockdown. Things are going to be a lot different and itĄ¯s a fact. Withcities and states around the country preparing to ease restrictions inthe coming months, companies are rethinking office life.
But the fear about catching the virus and easing back in to office space is going to be a hell of a challenge for all of us. According to a recent survey, 93 per cent of the employeesworking in India are anxious about heading back to their offices as and when the lockdownperiod gets over, and nearly 85 per cent expect their office spaces to besanitised before they return to work.
According to an IANS report, health-tech community product,FYI, undertook the survey conducted by MindMap Advance Research with 560 IndiaInc. entities, including employees from across small, medium and largeenterprises in major metro cities of Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
Of these employees, 85 per cent were male and 15 per centwere female. The data also showed that 59 per cent employees are concernedabout their health, 25 per cent said they are anxious about their financial the situation, while 16 per cent fear that the crisis will be a prolonged one,leading to high anxiety.
Ą°It may be an understatement to say that the COVID-19pandemic has transformed the way we live and work. This event has very quicklyserved as a tipping point to unprecedented change in the mindset andattitudes of people, to both life and work.Our survey informs India Inc. of the new priorities they would need to jugglewhen it comes to the health and safety of their?employees,Ąą Yeishan Goel, cofounder, FYI, which undertook this survey inthe last week of April 2020 told TOI.
The fear of the lockdown lifting comes from a realisation thatthere are better ways to live and people across the world have one way or theother made peace with self-isolation in these strange and terrible time and nowmany donĄ¯t want to let go of it.
As reported in the survey, 82 per cent said that they wouldagree to participate in the measures that require them to be monitored, while18 per cent said that they would comply if the privacy of their data isassured.
A high sense of solidarity emerges among the employees, with96 per cent confirming that they would embrace and comply with the healthmonitoring initiatives, despite the inconveniences they may cause.
The survey showed that 81 per cent of the employees wouldresume work only in batches, while 73 per cent expect the employers to enforcework from home as an ongoing process.
With news that the lockdown will be eased gradually across countries,readjusting after such a big change can bring its own set of challenges and maytake time.