Abstract

A Study on Employee Perception Towards Work From Home – The pandemic, COVID-19 has made a large part of the workforce unable to go to office, as to stop the spread of virus. This resulted in both employees and employers looking for alternate working ways. Due to the situation, many employees are forced to work from home. Not everyone is experience with the concept of working from home. Hence WFH has become a policy priority for most governments. In doing so, the policies must be made keeping in mind the practicality for both employers and employees. However, this current situation provides unique insight into how well working from home works, and may play a
vital role in future policies that reshape the current structure of working hours, possibly allowing for more flexibility. Using an exploratory framework and a SWOT analysis, this study investigates the continuing experience of the employer and employees face all over the world.

This study about the perception of employees on work from home is done on descriptive research method with sampling done by convenient sampling under non-probability sampling. The study is focused on employees numbering up to 120, working around Chennai who currently work from home due to COVID-19. The period of study lasted for three months. From January to April of 2021. Percentage analysis, ANOVA and Chi-Square were used for analytical purposes.

Introduction

The idea of workplace is moving from thought of the physical location to a perspective. Physical area of a working spot has been generally losing its significance because of rapid extension of information technology. Current working life adapted the arrangement of work from home. It is also known as remote work and telecommuting. Work from home is described as a demonstration of completing work undertakings essentially at home. With the absence of physically monitoring, employees have more cautious in how, and what situations and when they complete an assigned work. This additionally builds flexibility among the employees over execution of task. Work from home empower more self-rule in
work, which is likely associated with more efficiency and productivity. A significant drawback of work from home is that diminished control by colleagues or the
subordinates. The work avoidance is the outcome when somebody’s work inadequately monitored.

Work from home will be useful when there is an issue to go to office and work should proceed. Covid-19 changed each and everything overnight. The epidemic of corona virus and lockdown led to essential economic disturbance around the whole world. Millions of employees of all various sectors are asked self-quarantine. Lockdown and social distancing become mandatory for all of us. Till now there is no cure to prevent from this virus, so the only option is left to maintain social distancing and focus on health. All the companies and industries around the whole world have no other alternative left than work from home so all of the sectors have been pushed to do their work from home. After the
covid-19 pandemic, the motive of work from home framework changed drastically before this pandemic people usually took unfinished task at home so that beside the work, they also spend some time with their family. With the help of work from home system, many companies keep their business continues.

Scope and Significance of Study:

This study on perception of employees on work from home is done to find out the various research works that have been done in the area of work life balance. To highlight the consequences of lack of work life balance. To find out the advantages of WLB and the measures to achieve it. The present investigation is narrative in nature where the researcher tried to find out some of the research works done in the area taking into account the objectives of the study. Papers were selected on the basis of the results of the practices of work life balance. Only secondary sources of data were relied upon for the purpose of the study. Secondary sources consist of books, articles and materials through computerized search engines. No specific journal was targeted, included or excluded for
extracting the relevant information. For searching information through search
engines, terms like work life balance, work life conflict, flexible work hours, human
resource practices, family support services etc.

Objective of the Study

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of Covid-19 on working culture and emerging trends of work from home. As millions of workers around the world start telecommuting for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, few know what to expect. The system of working from home has some salient characteristics to fulfil its objectives and to provide all the required services, thereby solving all problems of the employees.

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