A STUDY ON HOW ‘WORK FROM HOME’ HAS TURNED INTO A CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYEES POST COVID-19

Abstract

Ever since pandemic was declared by WHO, this new trend of work from home came into prevalence and was rather not much off a choice for employees whether to accept it or reject it, since it was a matter of their livelihood and survival. though this new normal had brought many challenges for employees like accepting the new work culture, getting adjusted with companies taking undue advantage by over timing, loneliness of employees, distractions at home, being in a different time zone than teammates, not being able to take vacation time, hard to find reliable Wi-Fi, time management, the pajama mindset, etc. were all pretty hard facts to digest.

The pandemic had its own hidden opportunities for employees wrapped under the banner of work from home, the employees were now saving extra expenses, therewas exclusion of commute time, a little more independence was observed in few cases, better productivity and effective communication was seen,in all it provided more flexibility to employees to explore more.

This research is tested for various employees who had gone through work from home experience,to understand post COVID employee behavior.A survey is being conducted and applied in studies. A questionnaire is made for collecting data on challenges and opportunities that employee are having post covid. Primary data will be collected and analyzed using statistical and research tools.