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If you’re not riding the wave of change, you’ll find yourself beneath it. Not so long ago, managing a work team meant everyone was under a single roof. Today, the situation is vastly different. Most employees prefer to work from home to retain a degree of freedom and autonomy over their lives. Some prefer to work from an office but only on a few days of the week and still others prefer to go back to the good old fashioned full-time office work.
The Indian government developed a messaging app for the government called GIMS, which stands for Government Instant Messaging System. Government officials refer to it as Sandes, which means "message" in Hindi. "Sandes is a secure, open source-based, the cloud-enabled platform hosted on government infrastructure, allowing the GOI to maintain strategic control. One-to-one and group messaging, file and media sharing, audio-video calls, and e-government program integration are some of its features.
Employees are the heart and soul of every organization. They play a key role in defining the success path of an organization which is why it is important to consider your organizational goals and culture while hiring new employees.
A decade ago, telecommuting or “working from home” was new and only offered to those in higher management as an extra perk. This is because high-quality audio and video streaming tools needed for telecommuting are typically overpriced at that time. Fast forward to 2021, the world gets hit by a pandemic, and overnight, everybody had to evolve to the new normal.
