HR steps in to ease work from home pressure amid Covid-19 pandemic

"A lot of this is desired but on many occasions fails in implementation. We find policies aplenty, but putting them into action is less common," says Anandorup Ghose, partner, Deloitte India

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Human Resources | Coronavirus | Indian companies

Ruchika Chitravanshi  |  New Delhi 

Pooja Singh, a Delhi-based senior sales executive at an online music app company, has developed “screen sickness” after hours of calls, webinars and video conferences that have become a norm today. Even a phone call with this reporter ends up becoming a taxing affair after a few minutes. “While it is great that work from home (WFH) has found greater acceptance, work-life balance has taken a big hit,” she says. “Earlier, the line between personal and professional life was blurred.

Now, it has completely disappeared. People are no longer apologetic to call ...
First Published: Mon, August 10 2020. 06:00 IST