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Having a quality technology infrastructure , even before the pandemic , was already an indispensable factor for the good functioning of companies .
Flexibility and balance
Working at home gives us great flexibility to make our own hours , mainly because we don ’ t have to travel to the company ’ s headquarters . In spite of this , great care must be taken so that it does not end up overloading the day to day and make it mostly dedicated to work .
It is necessary to establish a balance between work and personal life , separating part of the day for leisure and rest activities , which provide wellbeing and maintain our physical and mental health . What was previously more difficult to predict , more flexible working hours – especially in more traditional companies , has become the reality of many professionals in this moment of social isolation , where professionals who enjoy this ‘ benefit ’ are unlikely to give it up after social distancing ends .
Infrastructure
Having a quality technology infrastructure , even before the pandemic , was already an indispensable factor for the good functioning of companies , especially those that already worked in the online environment .
With the pandemic , this need has become one of the main concerns of organizations to continue guaranteeing the performance of activities and the delivery of products and services . It is not by chance that companies needed to accelerate their investments in more stable and secure digital platforms , in addition to those that actually needed to make Digital Transformation a new reality in their operations .
Allied to this , companies also needed to provide better remote working conditions with more robust VPN infrastructures and assisting , for example , in internet packages for employees and helping to provide even physical infrastructure , such as better computers , tables and chairs . These infrastructure demands were lessons that companies take with them to a future scenario , where the need to serve their employees will remain .
Digitization of internal processes
Many highly bureaucratic and predominantly manual processes had to be adapted and digitized with the pandemic . More traditional companies that did not have a mindset that focused on digitalization , suffered more in the pandemic . For this reason , companies that offer solutions that promise to reduce bureaucracy and simplify processes , as is the case with many startups , are experiencing a dizzying growth , even in a challenging scenario like this .
Finally , I want to emphasize that all these developments are interconnected . Without communication , teams cannot function . Without flexibility and balance , people will not have good physical and mental health .
Without infrastructure , there is no way to work and provide products and services efficiently and effectively . Therefore , together they represent gains that have been achieved over the last year and will again be achieved in the years to come . These trends will be here to stay . However , I say with certainty that they will not be the only ones . The world is constantly evolving , as is the job market . p
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