Stockholm:
Nokia said its employees can select to work up to three days a week remotely with elevated help for flexible working hours from January just after its current work from home policy comes to an finish in December.
The Finnish telecom gear maker performed a survey of its employees at the finish of last year and a majority stated they wanted to work two to three days per week remotely, up from an typical of two days before the coronavirus pandemic.
“The pandemic forced organisations to change. Technology gave people the tools to innovate. In many cases, the results have been too good to go back to the old way of doing things,” Chief Executive Pekka Lundmark stated.
The corporation, which had about 92,000 employees in 130 nations at the finish of 2020, stated in March it plans to reduce up to 10,000 jobs inside two years to trim expenses and invest more in analysis capabilities.
Nokia plans to redesign offices to allocate up to 70% of the space in some internet sites to teamwork and meetings, with much less location reserved for workspaces.
Offices in Dallas, Singapore and Budapest have currently been reconfigured, with additional internet sites anticipated to be completed by the finish of the year as Nokia follows organizations worldwide in opting for more hybrid working in the wake of the pandemic.
Carmaker Renault and Stellantis, the maker of Peugeot and Citroen vehicles, has made agreements with workers to allow employees to work from home for up to three days a week.
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