Is work from home here to stay? | The Hindu Parley Podcast
4 years, 6 months ago

Is work from home here to stay? | The Hindu Parley Podcast

The Hindu  

The Covid-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdowns have made work from home an imperative for several industries. For those industries and job profiles for which work from home is possible, has the concept come to stay, is the question before us now… Running up to 2025, a large IT services firm in India has said it would have about 75% of its 4.5 lakh employees globally to work from home, up from the industry average of 20% today. Host: Bharat Kumar K, Senior Deputy Editor - Business of The Hindu Guests: Ashwini Deshpande, whose Ph.D. and early publications have been on the international debt crisis of the 1980s. Ramkumar Ramamoorthy, who is the President of the 184-year old Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry and also the Chairman and Managing Director of Cognizant India, one of the largest employers in India, with over 200,000 full-time employees of which over 75,000 are women.

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BBC  

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News 18  

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Working from home is here to stay, two more surveys show
3 years, 5 months ago

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Dutch News  

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3 years, 5 months ago

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Dutch News  

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Dutch News  

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Support for working from home grows, just 10% back full time at the office: FNV
3 years, 6 months ago

Support for working from home grows, just 10% back full time at the office: FNV

Dutch News  

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Hindustan Times  

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India Today  

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Live Mint  

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The Independent  

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4 years, 1 month ago

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The Hindu  

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4 years, 1 month ago

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India Today  

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LA Times  

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NL Times  

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4 years, 6 months ago

Is work from home feasible in the long run?

The Hindu  

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India Today  

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4 years, 7 months ago

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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