The workplace is undergoing a significant transformation. Gone are the days of traditional 9-to-5 office settings. Today, we are embracing hybrid work models that blend office and remote work, offering flexibility, increased productivity and a better work-life balance.
Sarvesh Arora, VP, Head of Infrastructure, Administration & Facilities Security & Loss Prevention (SLP) Procurement, Dunzoway said, “All organisations are largely trying to bring the workforce back into the office full time. We are in very dynamic and unstructured hybrid situation. We have transitioned from providing colleagues with a desk and simply telling them to work and be productive in earlier years. But now we moved away from that and workplaces now are more collaborative.”
“There was never ever a point when we did not talk about a change, maybe the pace was slow, maybe the requirement was different, but change was always in discussion. Post Covid there’s lot of things that has changed, especially when it comes to space and it is space that costs us,” said Capt Rajesh Sharma, Head – FM, Administration, Hospitality, Travel & Security, HDFC Bank.
Anush Sharma, Head Real Estate & Infrastructure, Tata AIA Life Insurance said, “During the pandemic, people from the real estate and facility management administration were trying to figure out what to do when the crisis passed. We returned to the office and a new term was coined, which was called the ‘new normal’.”
On space management, Madhu Vachhani, Associate Director Administration, Khaitan & Co. said, “We have space that we are not using optimally. This is something we have worked on over the past two years in great detail. We recently designed and set up a new office, which is a very lean and efficient space. In my opinion, the hierarchies are very simple.
“Our office branch layouts are uploaded for space management purposes. We can allocate space and employees can reserve their seats through that platform. Furthermore, we have our own admin chatbot, where employees can access various benefits,” said Chetan Jadhav, Head Infrastructure and Administration, Aditya Birla Capital on the impact of automation and digitisation.
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