Corporate India is bending over backwards to make the transition from work-from-home to back-in-office smooth. From free stays in a star hotel (for those returning from their hometowns) and helping them find a house on rent to opening small satellite offices so the returning employees can still park themselves in places of their choice, firms are being quite generous with their resources. There are also companies – particularly in the IT sector – that are still firming up return-to-office plans.
Shantanu Pandey, who is on the rolls of Hirect, a hiring platform, had to relocate to Bengaluru from Delhi as the company started welcoming employees back to office. The HR team took care of his flight fare, rental-house brokerage charges, and baggage allowances.
“On paper, our office extends a two-week, all-expenses-paid stay in a hotel. It, however, is not rigid about the duration, a factor that helped me take my time to get the ideal house on rent, one that enables me to walk to work,” says Mr. Pandey, revealing that his company let him stay at the hotel for three weeks.
