Work from home is not holiday!

The world is reeling impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Therefore, lifestyle and work must match with the requirements of the time. The Supreme Committee, set up for dealing with the spread of the coronavirus in the Sultanate, has given guidelines in this regard. Following its directives, the government has asked 70 per cent of its employees to work remotely or work from home as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the virus. But it is unfortunate, that many of them took it wrongly. They thought it as paid leave.

The fact is that they were supposed to work from home seriously and get their salaries as they did traditionally at their workplace earlier.

Work from home has become very popular in developed countries where an employee need not be directly supervised or monitored by his or her boss. In this system, the employee himself or herself is in-charge of their work and has its responsibility. It is called self-monitoring which is based on what is called as conscience.

There are people who have developed this trust and did what they were supposed to do by their employer from the government or private sector. They did it by overcoming the lethargy and focused on work with full vigor. This has already happened many years before the beginning of this pandemic. This has reduced the cost of operations of the state and its organisations.

But not all of us did justice to the idea of work from home. They thought that if they are at home, there is no monitoring or accountability. This is how they did disservice to the interests of the people and did not show any sense of responsibility. This has damaged the idea of work from home.

Let us be very clear that this concept

Not all did justice to the idea of the work from home. They thought that if they are at home, there is no monitoring or accountability. This is how they did disservice to the interests of the people and did not show any sense of responsibility. This has damaged the idea of work from home