Employees perception and experience on work from home in it and teaching sectors during COVID-19 with special reference to Coimbatore city

ABSTRACT

Coronovirus disease has demanded the concept "work from home" (WFH) into an authoritatively instructed, firmly forced law. Organizations in order that energize social distancing and race with time in battling the local spread of the virus now the working from home notion rising from all sectors, from IT sectors to teaching sectors. The work from home concept is new to majority of the employees. As the employees are undergo innovative atmosphere, this research paper aims to figure out the experience of the employees while WFH. This research is undertaken to have an insight on how organizations and individuals experience and perception towards the adaptability of these changes and challenges. Though, the working from home concept decreases the expenditure of the employees, they want to face the fear of unknown, inadequate communication at work, lack of accuracy and direction, interruptions while working from home consequent loss of resources like time and energy etc., which leads to prolonged stress to the employees and crisis in the work. This research found that the employee's readiness to work from home is entirely dependent on the employees comfort, workspace and good internet connectivity. This study efforts out the interest and experience of the workers in employed work from home when compared to operational in office and employee's perception towards it.