Coronavirus has pushed all of us into a very testing phase
where people are in middle of severe economical crisis. With the death toll
rising every day, the pundits have estimated that the lockdown may be prolonged
to at least September if things don’t come under control.
The pandemic has only caused death and despair and many
people have lost their jobs or suffered loss in their businesses amidst the
pandemic. Since the lockdown being imposed in March, majority of the small to
medium businesses have suffered drastically to state of near-shutdown and some
being shut down forever.
About 250 million Americans are complying with the lockdown
laws imposed by the local or state-level law. Everyone has been forced into
their homes with nothing but anticipation about when things will get normal.
Luckily, we have a blessing called the internet which has saved a lot of
companies by giving them a platform to conduct their business over it.
Companies have also complied to the lockdown by shutting down their offices but
are still managing to have its employees work from their homes.
However, this “work from home” thing is a completely new
dynamic for many people who struggled to adapt to the online working
environment. About 28% of Americans polled that they are currently working
remotely. Same number of people said that their jobs enable them to work
remotely and that they still have their jobs.
Before the pandemic the online work environment wasn’t very
popular and there were less people familiar with that dynamic with only about
7% of non-government Americans used to working from home. During the pandemic,
that number has significantly jumped as we are now seeing more companies using
internet to save their businesses.
Infographic by: theshelf.com
Infographic by: theshelf.com
