How are things going for your company? For yourself? Your family? Your friends?
The uncertainty of late is the biggest obstacle for many to be able to move forward. How will my kids be looked after if I have to go to the office? What are the expectations of my employer? Can my partner and I share the time away from home? Do I feel safe going on public transport and exposing myself and my family to the virus? WHEN WILL THIS STOP???
The unknown is still around and how we deal with this varies from person to person. In my group of friends it is very obvious. Some are happy to meet indoors and even hug, others won’t. Some want to continue to work from home but feel forced to go back to the workplace as they don’t have a valid reason to shield. Others can’t wait to get out and see their workmates. Some will stay at home as long as they are allowed and feel happy about it. There is no one solution that fits all.
So what do we do? Who decides what employees should do? A lot of people would say the company has the right to say what they need and have expectations that their staff should adhere to. They pay their salaries after all.
Then again, if staff is forced to go back into the office, what kind of atmosphere and work environment will this create?
There is no straight forward answer to this. Each company will have to work this out together with their staff. Where there are clients involved, they might need a say in it as well.
The overall thing we all agree on is that the economy needs to get back up and the only way this will happen is if we all engage in any way we can.
At MRT Consultants, we help companies and their staff to get through this by encouraging effective communication, understanding individual needs and self-care. This in turn leads to staff feeling seen and heard and leaders enabling change based on needs of staff rather than just walking all over them.
