New Mobile Work Life
COVID-19 has impacted our lives in too many ways to count. One of the more notable changes as far as our work life specifically is the large uptick in employees working remotely. Within only a few weeks, the number of work-from-home employees went from 31% to 62% of the workforce. Working from home or “telecommuting” is a way in which employees use Internet connection and a computer to do work in the comfort of their own home. Many firms leverage the capabilities of Zoom, Google Hangouts, FaceTime, Skype, Cisco Webex, and other digital services to communicate via webcam, giving employees access to a pseudo face-to-face environment with their other remotely working coworkers. Overall, it was been a challenging time for many workers to transition to remote work life, but there are some benefits…