Video 1
The lockdown caused by the Covid pandemic resulted in many businesses having to adapt to the advantage of technology. Many businesses were improving their technical skill; however, in a gradual and slow portion. However, this current situation has done those businesses had adapted quickly to avoid closing out their doors.
Managements have thought and behaved immediately to keep going the market-chain running. According to McKinsey & Company, Covid-19 fastly increased the digitization of customers interactions by several years.
Beyond all structure necessary to move the company keeping running on remote working; this scenario changes also have modified the customer’s needs, who was incapable to maintain their usual shopping behaviour.
The primary objective for all companies was to keep working while secluding each other. Then, many technological innovations were used to reduce or even stop the illness’s spread. The market/industry had to figure out many solutions such as increasing the deliveries by robots, rise in the usage of robots in industries, in business and assistance services; contactless orders and payments were improved, distance learning was established by public and private entities, but the most popular, and which one really change the workplace perspective were the remote work.
Although remote work had had a boom in popularity from 2020, it has been discussed since telecommunication has been improved.
Since a business could have a way to maintain contact digitally, using the network service, and virtually, exploring videos conferences forms and implementing platform services to integrate the co-workers by the server.
Building a workplace demand a large place that should provide, for the employees, workplace stations, an efficient network connection, and a server that would keep the data centralized and ready to be up or downloaded. But how to provide an efficient remote workplace, some of the technology below should be used to provide an affordable workplace:
VPN: it is a private network tool that provides a secure communication channel while using a public internet connection.
Network Security and Malware Protection: keeping a network connection protected and equipped with the efficient anti-virus to avoid attacks whether by hackers, malware, backdoor, or keylogger.
Collaborative Tech Tools: this is the connection between co-workers and managers, it is a facilitator that is used to increase the productivity, efficiency, and efficacy of tasks by employees.
Cloud Technology: it is the easiest form to let the company data available to up or download data any place.
Equipment: Providing good office technology such as headsets, mics, cameras, and computers; is important to guarantee the right work conditions and communication tools for the employees.
Technical Support: Since all company demand has been running on online bases, it is crucial to keep a team for technical help to support any trouble that might happen and guarantee the things going on.
Management Control: a platform that allows the manager to distribute and follows the employees’ progress is crucial to keep control of the work has done by employees; also might use to verify the engagement and interactions between employees.
internet: it is the most important tool to connect people, though, it is essential to provide/have great internet service to avoid connection failures.
Although remote work had had a boom in popularity from 2020, it has been discussed since telecommunication has been improved.
Since a business could have a way to maintain contact digitally, using the network service, and virtually, exploring videos conferences forms and implementing platform services to integrate the co-workers by the server.
A brief explanation about a remote work.
Video 2
According to KFF, nearly half of adults between the ages of 25 and 49 experience symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Studies from the Tulane University and the Good Therapy point that some of the complications of the mental health diseases are social isolation and the doubts generated by the economic instabilities that the pandemic brings.
Data References: KFF
Korn Ferry survey of 1,329 professionals in late September 2020, shows that although only 28% of the people are afraid of returning to the office, only 24% would return to the office when it reopens, and 45% of their employers will not make it mandatory to go back to the office. That is, the home office or a hybrid work becomes increasingly common. We know from our experience that, even companies that were prejudiced against the idea of a home office were forced to adopt the measure because of the covid, and today they have made the hybrid routine normal.
Social isolation has increased in proportion to activities such as courses, work, services, and meetings are established online. That’s why we think it’s important to maintain a group that develops relationships between people from different backgrounds in a relaxed way.