Our Co-Founder & COO, Sukhi Jutla, was recently quoted in Finance Magnates article ‘Fintech Experts Share Tips for Remote Work During Coronavirus Quarantine’.
The journalist, Rachel McIntosh, wrote:
Indeed, Sukhi Jutla, chief operating officer of blockchain-based gold jewelry platform MarketOrders, told Finance Magnates that “most companies working in this space [are] already accustomed to working with digital technologies and working in the ‘new way’, which means less time at a physical location and desk.”
“Instead, they’re taking full advantage of working ‘digitally’, which means making use of digital technologies that allow business to be conducted using video conferencing, email, online chat and online tools and software to run your projects and tasks.”
Additionally, Sukhi Jutla said that at MarketOrders, “we are holding regular team check-in calls to make sure everyone is well.”
“We use WhatsApp to send daily updates to check in on staff–not just on the tasks to be done, but checking in to make sure they are well emotionally and mentally as this shows you care and will help the team to feel safer, secure and in turn able to perform better at their jobs.”
There has also been a trend in holding online social events for employees. For example, “others are hosting ‘virtual drinks’ on a Friday evening,” or “holding company-wide quiz[zes] at the end of the week to bring everyone together.”
Other companies are holding watch parties: “[companies] can also designate an afternoon off where [employees] watch something together online Netflix” and chat about what they are watching at the same time on WhatsApp or Skype.
“Companies could do the same with a virtual book club–pick a book, and every Friday afternoon, everyone can take some time off to read together and then discuss the main points the following Monday morning,” Jutla added. “Other companies are even paying for the Netflix subscriptions for their staff.”
“There is no doubt that the world we’ll return to will have fundamentally shifted,” Sukhi Jutla commented. “This also means the jobs that we have will have changed, and the businesses that fail or survive will also reflect the changing landscape.”
Indeed, “those who can adapt to digital online processes will have a stronger chance of survival and it is these companies who would have successfully adapted to remote working.”
There, Jutla believes that “we will see remote working becoming a much more normal and accepted way of working, especially since social distancing may be required for a much longer period of time even when the immediate threat of the virus is no longer there. We will see more businesses prioritizing online presence and sales channels in an effort to future proof themselves and their businesses.”
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MarketOrders quoted in Finance Magnates on remote working tips
