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Working from Home















































                                                                                           work-from-home job force.
                                                                                           But even before COVID-19
           Ace it in                                                                       became a global epidemic,
                                                                                           increasing numbers of people
                                                                                           have been departing from the
                                                                                           idea of their gruelling
           Your Pajamas!                                                                   commute to work. Due to the
                                                                                           transmogrifying technologies
                                                                                           like Slack, Zoom, Skype,
                                                                                           Google Hangouts,
                                                                                           cloud-based drives and, who
                                                                                           could forget, texting and
                                                                                           email, has enabled people to
                                                                                           carry out their daily work with
                                                                If you are from Asia, Europe,   same productivity and
                                                                the Middle East, or the US,   efficiency from home.
                                                                the adage working from home   Therefore eliminating the idea
                                                                recently got infused to our   of being in the office full-time
                                                                daily lives almost         to be a productive member of
                                                                instantaneously. Many several   the team.
                                      Leonika Hannan intrigues   ‘big names’ like Microsoft,   Leonika Hannan brings to the
                                      K Tanzeel Zaman on how    Apple, Twitter and         table a global experience of
                                      should service holders    homegrown Grameenphone     working in the US, UK and
                                      adapt to the new          and Robi have made it      Bangladesh. She acquired 13
                                      circumstances at work     mandatory for their        years of experience while
                                      amid the spread of        employees to work remotely   working in both local and
                                      Corona Virus.             in order to fight against the   multi-national companies
                                                                spread of the deadly disease.  under the Department of
                                                                This led to an important and   Human Resources. Currently,
                                                                obligatory focus on the    she is leading the HR team,
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