{"id":4095,"date":"2020-04-08T13:17:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T20:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=4095"},"modified":"2020-04-08T13:17:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T20:17:36","slug":"covid19-enterprises-transition-to-remote-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/covid19-enterprises-transition-to-remote-working\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID19 \u2013 How Enterprises Have Managed the Transition to Remote Working"},"content":{"rendered":"

As anyone who\u2019s followed my blogs<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in the past knows, I\u2019ve long been a supporter of remote working or \u201csmarter working\u201d as it was called over the years.\u00a0 Study after study has proven that people allowed to work from home (where applicable) are generally happier and more productive.\u00a0 Organizations that have supported it have saved money, been able to recruit the best and brightest from a larger geographic area, and at the same time have helped the environment.<\/p>\n

With the onslaught of the coronavirus, the clear ability for knowledge workers to work remotely can no longer be questioned.\u00a0 However, what is<\/em> in question is how companies that either never tried remote working or just dabbled with it are getting along as they found themselves suddenly thrust into a 100 percent work from home model.<\/p>\n

Apparently, the answer is, surprisingly well.\u00a0 I recently moderated a webcast<\/a><\/span> with representatives from firms such as Google, Morgan Stanley, Poly, SwissRE, Verizon and other firms, and asked their technology and collaboration managers how they were managing.<\/p>\n

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I was expecting the comments to be about issues with technology and other 20-20 hindsight, but the panelists honestly didn\u2019t have many complaints.\u00a0 Some of the key points to come out of the meeting were:<\/p>\n