Christine Reidhead

Navajo Technical University

Pandemic has created the new way of doing work which is now called the new normal. Earlier, the physical presence was mandatory all over the world for work. People used to travel for hours for work. Managing personal life and professional life was always a challenge. But now, the only positive side of this pandemic is the new way of doing work online. Remote working is the new normal and we are calling it Telecommuting. The process of transformation of business has increased its pace further during the last few months amidst the limited availability of resources and supply chain to manage the businesses. Business on all scales has tried to come up with a digital transformation helping their overall status and survival probability. This research would focus on the current business scenario, in the post COVID period. The work would highlight the transformation in businesses across the industries to cope up with the remote working style. The work would emphasise on the integration of online medium in the existing businesses for the long term growth and prosperity in the pandemic times. The article would analyse the Telecommuting in business in post corona period.

Telecommuting; COVID; Pandemic; New normal; Post COVID, Online work.

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