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andy
Good idea to work at home at the moment. it is safer, less demanding,less stress & no wasting time travelling on train. No wonder ,This is my unique opinion, like it or not!
noriahojanen
Or alternatively they better consider relocating offices out of Tokyo which is vulnerable to various natural disasters.
Toshihiro
Thank you! the world can really ease up when the vaccine exists and there are no longer cases of the virus, but until then, remain alert. If I was the president of one of these companies, I would order my workforce to keep working from home from here on out even if the pandemic is over.
Fuzzy
Good on them. Those that can should. It makes things better for those that can't.
quercetum
Perhaps a future trend for Japanese companies? As many as 50% of Facebook employees could be working remotely within the next five to 10 years, Mark Zuckerberg said last week . He pitched the idea as both a matter of satisfying employee desires and also to create "more broad-based economic prosperity."
dbsaiya
Tele-working would be one of the ways that companies could reduce their cost from the economic loss caused by the pandemic. If the companies invest in VPNs and secure cloud storage or other secure methods to work from home they could reduce their rent and utilities, no need to pay for skyrocket office cost in Tokyo. They could also restrict business travel and use video conferencing to connect with colleagues or clients thus reducing travel and entertainment costs. After all, let's be honest, a lot of these business trips are for wining and dining at corporate expenses anyways. But all of this is predicated on the basis of having stable power and energy. No electricity no nothing. And it goes back to the same ol' story for Japan...what to do with the nukes.
Strangerland
We're discussing this right now. We're thinking that we can probably downsize our floor-space by roughly 1/3. The problem is that we still have the same number of people, so they're going to have to share seating space based on whoever is in the office on a given day.
ArtistAtLarge
It is about time. This is the 21st century after all!
N.M.
Many companies in the world have finally started realizing that a lot of employees are more efficient when they don't have to commute 2 hours every day.
I personally love it. And I can actually work longer hours (connecting a bit earlier and logging off a bit later) without much trouble or without being more tired, while being able to wake up later.
vanityofvanities
When workers are at offices, they use company utilities free. But when they are at home, they have to use their own toilets, telephones, powers, water etc. If they are living in apartment houses, neighbors will complain about noises.
Goodlucktoyou
The joy of many mothers is to say goodbye to their stressed husband in the morning, drop the kids off at school, lunch with other mothers, can of chuhai and favorite tv drama, nap, supermarket food court shopping, pick up kids from cram school, family diner, microwave diner for hubbie when he gets back at 10pm. Sleep with the kids on the tatami.
their life must be very, very seriously impacted with the husband working from home.
Strangerland
Whereas the reality for so many more is to get up early, cook breakfast for the husband and children (often different)., see him off, get the kids to school, come home, clean the house, do laundry, go grocery shopping, pick up the kids from school, cook dinner, then finish it up by cleaning up, and bathing and putting the kids to bed, before rinsing in and repeating the next day, every day.
But hey, don't let that stop you from trying to disparage all mothers as being lazy.
vanityofvanities
Unlike optimism for telework, divorce may increase. It is not easy being together with other person 24 hours a day. What would happen if both husband and wife are working at home? Things are good keeping some distances even among a couple. They need a break. It is a happy time for a husband to drop in "izakaya" after work. Will it be possible a husband go out from his house to "izakaya" at night?
Do the hustle
The J-Gov has been pushing for this for the last decade to reduce the crowds on the trains. It makes perfect sense to do this in such an overpopulated city. However, they still have to overcome the problem of those little red stamps.
smithinjapan
Good. High time people got with the times. No reason why it can't be done in a lot of cases.
Ascissor
Nothing quite like finishing your day of work with a click of the mouse, and not needing to make a long trek back home.
vanityofvanities
I would rather work at offices. It is a place I can meet many different people and learn from them. It is a place to brush up my personality and know the society.
JustAGoodOleBoy
As current office leases start reaching the end of their term there are going to be interesting decisions made by these major firms. Landlords going to be in a tough situation.