Trends Report

You Can’t Rely Solely On Work From Home For Continuity During The Pandemic

March 12th, 2020
Stephanie Balaouras, VP, Group Director
Stephanie Balaouras VP, Group Director

Summary

According to Forrester’s Q1 2020 US PandemicEX Survey, 48% of employees say their company/organization has the technology resources to allow people to work from home if necessary, but not all job functions and roles are capable of remote work. Don’t think of your workforce as a single group: Identify the most critical job functions and essential employees, and then develop a role-appropriate workforce continuity strategy that includes everything from remote work to hiring contract employees to workload rotations.

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