Considering the rising Covid cases across the globe, companies from different sectors are again starting to consider going back to work-from-home mode.
Covid Return Affecting Remote Working
Although, no surge in Covid cases has not been reported In India so far.
In case, a fourth wave hits the country, companies in the tourism, hospitality, transport and real estate sectors may switch to remote working (WFH), as per a report.
As we all know that the companies had switched to work-from-home during two years of the Covid pandemic.
The employees were asked to come to the office more often with the commencement of 2022.
During this time, few companies shifted to hybrid working instead of completely working from office or home.
Hiring Slowdown
The managing partner, Singapore and India, for recruitment firm Stanton Chase, Mala Chawla said, “The covid news is coming at a time there was a hiring slowdown. Clients in tourism and hospitality are getting more cautious, but those in other sectors like manufacturing and consumer have not stopped hiring,” in the report.
In the meantime, “Hospitality, automobile, commercial and office real estate, Travel, transportation and mobility will be on high alert,” said CEO and co-founder of Careernet, Anshuman Das.
The co-founder, Xpheno, Kamal Karanth said, “The covid-19 impact, at best, may impact the nature of engagement of work, such as remote working. And travel plans, more than the hiring numbers.”
It appears that Covid return is most likely to impact the work mode.
Still, the human resource (HR) industry expects certain profiles to come back in demand if India sees a 4th Covid wave.
Saas In Demand
Das further added, “Digital and software-as-a-service (SaaS) sectors will see significant demand in hiring, as well as e-tailing, edtech, online gaming, logistics and fintech,”.
Considering the rise in Covid cases, the government has made mandatory Covid-19 testing mandatory for all travelers coming from Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Thailand.
A high surge in Covid cases due to Omicron subvariant BF.7 is reported in China recently.
Besides this, the Centre has directed state governments to ensure covid-appropriate healthcare infrastructure, including medical oxygen equipment, is in place and functioning properly.
