It could create a harmful conflict between one’s home and occupational identities that women may find harder to deal with A possible fallout of the covid-19- induced lockdown is that several companies are planning to extend their work-from-home (WFH) policy to normal times too.
Modern technology that allows remote file sharing over an internet cloud, videoconferencing, etc., has made it easier to implement such a policy.
A large and high-profile company like Twitter is reported to have given its employees the option of not returning to office after the lockdown.
This has increased the confidence of many other companies in opting for an extended WFH policy. Will WFH help take employee motivation and productivity to higher levels?