Should Things Return To Normal Should Things Return To Normal At Work After Coronavirus Pandemic
Fighting the virus is easier than fighting change in business practices and ways of working
Putting sauce back into the bottle will be easier than putting things back together. Even if it was the right thing to do which it is not it is now impossible to return to normal. Clever politicians and business leaders will and should seize the moment to restart business for a better economic future.
UK employers are being told to take socially responsible decisions and listen to the concerns of their staff. Employers and employees should come to a pragmatic agreement about their working arrangements. However UK employers should also be looking at what is and is not going to work like before. Decisions made by some business leaders now have the potential to destroy previously successful businesses. Likewise there will be new opportunities for the flexible the innovative and the creative business leaders in UK.
Can work be normal after the virus?
After the economic disaster of the pandemic the recovery will not take us back to where we used to be. Nor should it. If we waste the lessons learnt from the pandemic the many lives lost and jobs made obsolete will have been in vein. Some jobs are never coming back not just because of the long term threat from the virus but due to the decisions business leaders are and will make about the future for their business.
Without a vaccine we cannot go back to normal at work or socially. With a vaccine in will take months perhaps years to return to normal even if that is what we choose for ourselves. However things are never going to be the same as they were in 2019 in business or in life.