Is Priyanka Gandhi Vadra playing the ' ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon' card to empower women across the country or, is it more about just herself? Is she pushing the ladki issue merely to enlarge her own canvas within the Congress party? Why else would Priyanka be travelling outside Uttar Pradesh (UP) in the midst of heated poll campaigning and conducting herself like a super Mahila Congress president to spread the message about her Pink manifesto? This is a question party leaders are asking. Priyanka Vadra’s Goa Campaign Sets the Cat Among The Pigeons, Over Congress Leadership Anyway, people who need to come in from our other offices stay in a hotel.” Surely, the company is making huge savings by way of rents but are the employees really happy to WFH? Post By Sekhar Seshan
“When we need to have meetings, we can have them in a hotel instead of our own conference room. “We have decided to stick to WFH,” said the India-Japan joint venture’s vice chairman and managing director Vikram S Kirloskar.
The Bengaluru-headquartered Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM), which has its manufacturing facilities at Bidadi on the outskirts of the city, gave up the lease on its corporate office in the city’s posh Vasanth Nagar soon after the pandemic made it impossible for people to get to it. So, the many who have got used to working while lounging comfortably in their pyjamas cannot, even if they – or their families - want to, as they no longer have a workplace to go back to (which they can start going) again.
Some companies, including large multinationals, have cut their overheads by giving up their plush leased offices soon after work from home (WFH) became the norm (prevalent). Even as the corporate world rolls up its sleeves and prepares to get back to offices and tables, not everyone will be able to resume the daily commute.