How realistic is it for businesses to continue working from home?
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PRINCE GEORGE — Businesses have started doing the bulk of their work from home in the last couple of weeks. With no answer to how much longer it will last, it begs the question: will this be the new norm?
It is a shift that has come on a lot faster for some than others. Todd Corrigall, Prince George Chamber of Commerce CEO, said while it seems like a major change for some, for others it has actually been a long time coming.
“It’s an interesting shift because this has actually been going on for a number of years now,” he said. “You’re seeing a lot more remote offices, you’re seeing a lot more consultants or virtual spaces where you’ve got people strategically across the country in different cities that can handle that. Does this precipitate a quicker transition? Possibly it does.”
One business very proactive in the work-from-home approach is the Carrier Sekani Family Services. They were among the first in the province to implement a work-from-home strategy, just a couple days after COVID-19 was formally announced a pandemic. “Right off the get-go, we had developed some work-at-home templates,” explained Mary Teegee, Executive Director of CSFS. “We have to understand that we have to plan for this to be the new norm for the next while. There is a lot of work that can be done from home, we have to facilitate that.”
