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A more agile workplace - reflections during COVID

The starting of a new era - large-scale remote working triggered by the coronavirus - has come to everyone’s surprise. The side effect of an epidemic might be a signal for a revolution at the workplace. This is a good opportunity to show the employers that working from home or remote working arrangement is feasible, or even no less efficient than the traditional face-to-face office working arrangement. This is also an occasion for the employees to reflect upon how much they could really accomplish if they have more freedom to choose what to do and when to do it. The time may finally arrive one day when no one is bounded by a contract to just one company. Everyone will be more like a freelancer, offering services to different companies on the market, and free to choose. Companies will no longer need to have a standard payroll, and they could only hire when they need. Everyone will be like a business on their own, and their own ability is their own brand. What will come will be fasci...