1- Flexibility of companies
People quickly adapt to working from home. And when the epidemic is over, working from home will continue to dominate professionals. This will force companies, including those not advocating to work from home, to be more flexible. Once most people have tried and proven this way of working, it will be difficult for companies to remove it from them. A Gallup study found that 54% of American workers would be willing to quit their current job if they were offered a job where they could work remotely. Currently, we will not witness a radical shift to remote work, but instead the slogan of the next phase is “flexibility”. Workers will be given more freedom to choose to work remotely, especially with some workers who have expressed a desire to work from their offices.
2- Changes in the workplace
Employment offices will undergo a change in their appearance and how they work, and as is the case in most cases, these offices will not be completely replaced in the same way that the LinkedIn app has not replaced the resume. Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that workers are now subject to preventative measures of temperature checks and social distancing over a period of time. Once the epidemic subsides, thanks to a vaccine or the discovery of a cure, offices will become spaces for collaboration and social interaction, rather than just focusing on isolated individual work. Conference rooms and spacious rooms will take up the most space in the workplace. The latter will be a medium for social interaction rather than a “lock in the office” scenario. The new design aims to increase engagement and benefit from bringing talent together in one place. “Our humanity and interaction is what separates us from robots,” he said. Nothing can replace this interaction, which often leads to creativity and innovation. The pandemic made us value this interaction more than ever.
3- The emergence of houses equipped for work
Working from home is a problem for some professionals, not only because they are isolated from others, but because they can’t actually find a niche or office to work from home. For example, they could not find a suitable location for the Zoom interview. A study by the GatApp website found that most workers complain about the lack of technological equipment they need to work remotely, which lowers their productivity and performance. One of the biggest problems faced by remote workers is the poor quality of the internet. The results of a study conducted by Whistle Out, a company that provides information about mobile phone and Internet services, in which adults who moved to work from home, showed that poor Internet access prevents 35% of them from doing their jobs. appropriate, and 43% use Internet services on their phones.
Thus, the quality of the Internet will quickly and dramatically improve. Creating home offices has become a priority for a large number of employees. In newly built or remodeled homes, creating the right space to work from home has become a priority for most people.
The technology used to create an interactive work environment will develop even at home. Fast previously talked about a new technology that is an artificial virtual window developed by ArgoDesign called “Square”, which means a square that is attached to the wall next to the office and shows you your colleagues while you work, as if they are beside you.
4- Distance learning will dominate in companies
Today, most companies recognize that training and education aimed at retraining workers is essential to spur change and strategic development. Most companies use seminars and seminars for this. But after the coronavirus epidemic, distance learning will take over almost all of this process. Face-to-face learning will not be completely eliminated, but will remain a small part of the company’s educational program. Companies are in a hurry to develop their online platforms so that their employees can continue to develop the necessary skills and professional development through a new way.
5. The dress code is starting to disappear at work.
Even if you dress while working from home, you certainly don’t wear a suit or high boots. And if some workers in the financial sector wear a tie and white shirt, work uniforms will quickly become casual and informal, as happens with some companies that allow casual wear on days when they don’t have clothes on. the employees. to meet with clients.
6- Strengthening the role of video technology and overcoming barriers
Video apps, including Zoom, Skype, Hangouts, and others that have made working from home possible, in many ways have become an integral part of most businesses and will be hard to remove. As employees and managers become accustomed to seeing each other in their natural home, the line between work and personal life blurs over time. Ironically, in this case it was technology that caused this change. However, the new world of this company, in turn, owes us more than ever our “non -robotic” humanity.
