Beth Worthy
7/28/2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we do business. Companies have had to radically change how they work to stay operational.
From implementing stricter health protocols, such as requiring customers to wear face masks within their premises, to maintaining social distancing, businesses are doing all they can to survive.
Some companies like Twitter and Shopify have gone fully remote while others are experimenting with hybrid collaboration models.
Here are four ways COVID-19 is bound to change the business working environment.
Remote working will become a regular practice in the business world. Some companies, especially those in the technology industry, will fully adopt remote working.
Others will come with innovative ways of collaboration, such as having remote working days and commuting days.
Remote working comes with its challenges. For some people, the discipline to work independently and without in-person communication can be difficult to adhere to.
Employees can handle these challenges by working in coffee shops or co-working spaces to have that human interaction element.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made companies push the boundaries of video conferencing.
Organizations are holding meetings using virtual collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
In the future, virtual events will be the norm. The lower cost of holding virtual events makes them attractive for organizations of all sizes.
Moreover, virtual events can be attended by anyone without having to incur extra expenses for travel, accommodation, food, etc., which are typical of conventional seminars.
As virtual events become the norm, professional translation services will rise as employees hailing from varying regional and cultural backgrounds collaborate.
This will go hand in hand with the increasing need for virtual transcription service providers.
These services will be useful for recording the spoken content of such events and translating them into multiple languages. Thus the business transcription services domain will thrive.
More companies will adopt online training for their onboarding and employee training.
Employees will need to learn how to use virtual networking software to ensure productivity. This can be done through in-house online training sessions.
There will also be an increase in the demand for online training solutions, catering to people from different cultural backgrounds, and speaking different languages.
Accurate video transcription and audio-to-text Transcription services will be required in such cases for training sessions to be more effective.
This increase will be fueled by companies that adopt a fully remote or hybrid remote working arrangement.
As social distancing becomes a norm, there will be a shift in company culture and environment.
The traditional water cooler is going to be a thing of the past as hygiene processes become contactless.
Companies are likely to implement stricter health policies and the culture will change to focus more on employee wellbeing.
As the new reality settles in, it’s clear that businesses have to rethink their working arrangements.
The above are four ways in which the working environment is bound to change in a post-COVID world.
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