The world is rapidly changing and you are charged with the task of adapting to this reality that is altering the way we do business, the way we live and work, more from home than ever before thanks to the COVID pandemic, but it’s more than that.
Government agencies have been running on minimal capacity with limited resources, with many federal, state, and municipal employees downsized, furloughed, or forced to work from home or telecommute. While the idea of having to telecommute as an alternative to losing your job altogether, it made sense to move your job online, which felt like punishment at first due to the coronavirus.
Then something unexpected happened; those who were forced to work from home rather than commute to and from their respective offices, liked it. Not only did they regain the time spent getting to and from work, but they had more flexibility during their work hours at home.
And the employers liked it. Employee productivity shot up a surprising 18% and the cost of doing business was reduced dramatically. So impressive are these results, that there is an underlying intention that after the pandemic restrictions are lifted
The way we conduct business will change forever.
Agencies are already preparing to cancel their leases for office space, cutting all extraneous expenses. No rent, no lights, heating, cooling, cleaning, maintenance, all gone, and the employees are more effective working from home.
This is the future of how we conduct business in the United States and possibly the world.
This new format for conducting business from home or telecommuting has affected nearly every form of business, as we are forced to conduct business online, via phone, and deliver goods and services by other means than having customers visit a traditional retail establishment.
It is more important for businesses to quickly adapt to this new migration to conducting business online as soon as possible, and for those who do not, they may not be able to survive this metamorphosis.
Nearly every type of business is affected. Even labor-intensive businesses, much of the administrative and management staff can opt out of work-related and telecommute, increasing their efficacy and reducing unnecessary costs and overhead.
But this means changing the way we live, as jobs move from brick and mortar to our homes.
Many people are not working now, and when you are able to go back to work, there’s a good chance that the jobs that will be available are going to be… You guessed it:
Telecommuting and Jobs Online
This is the nature of the new world which is emerging from the rubble of the COVID-19 pandemic in America, and possibly the world.
Will you be ready?
The time is now to start carving out a place in your home where you can work uninterrupted while integrating into this new normal.
A way to access the Internet is of vital importance, and while the world is shifting into this new direction new methods of making access available to the World Wide Web will be critical. We are already seeing this in school children who are having to attend school online.
We are frantically trying to make the Internet available to all including underdeveloped areas and underprivileged children who would not otherwise have the necessary equipment or connectivity to participate in school online.
Buckle up and get ready for an entirely new future outlook, compliments to 2020.
