Rains brighten the other side of #WFH
There are two sides of a coin, and that holds true even with the case of pandemic induced work from home (WFH) scenario. Most pprofessionals in Delhi-NCR have been asked to work from hhome; at least for another month or till the end of 2020 or bbeyond! While the ddisadvantages of #WFH have been the talk till now, it’s ththatt one advantage that the professionals are joyous to share, i.e. no one has to cross roads-turned-into-rivers to reach work, all drenched, and shiver due to air conditioning. Denizens certainly love not to travel on a rainy day. Take for instance Pankaj Sharma, a
Gurugrammer, who works near Delhi’s Nehru Place. “Since I saw the condition of water flooded roads on social media, I’ve been thanking my stars that I didn’t have to travel to work in this mess! So till now I was listing the cons of WFH, but since monsoon has set in, I feel lucky to have WFH option,” says Sharma.
And Harshita Saraf, a Mayur Vihar resident, who used to drive to Gurugram everyday, shares why life feels heavenly now. “I usually drove to work, but in rains I preferred the Metro to avoid waterlogging. Even then it used to be a task to commute since trains used to get so full that I could hardly breathe. I’m loving it now — this WFH.”
Even those who had to only travel within the city, are glad to continue their WFH. “Initially I was cribbing for not being able to visit office in
Cyberhub. But, rains brought me a realisation (laughs)... Though I do face some network issues when it’s raining, but it’s much better than being stuck outside, like forever... I spent three hours around Dhaula Kuan last monsoon, and don’t want that to repeat this year,” says Nikhil Bansal who used to travel to Cyber Hub from his home in Delhi’s Kamla Nagar.
Working women who are otherwise too occupied due to workload and miss office as their escape from household chores are also happy to be home. Dimpi Kalra, a Delhibased IT professional. who lives close to Sohna Road, says, “I saw a video of a guy boating in whaterlogged Gurugram... First I thought it’s fake, but when it was covered in news, I laughed so hard... Is baar ka haal dekhkar I feel blessed, that I can work from home!”