Techies happy to WFH, avoid hassles of Bengaluru
The Hindu
At the same time, rural economy and agriculture activities have picked upEmployees say politicians who bought land during IT boom to build tech parks or for residential projects, and schools want them to return to cities
Amid demand from sectors that also witnessed boom along with the software industry, such as transport and real estate, to scrap the Work From Home (WHF) system, techies who have relocated back to their hometowns are favouring continuation of the system. “My family members are happy as I am in my hometown. With high rent, exorbitant transport cost and never-ending traffic jams, not many would want to continue to stay and work in Bengaluru by choice,” said Durga Ramadas, a software professional at Mangaluru. He said 87% of employees in his company favoured WHF during a survey. Particularly, senior citizens are happy as their children are with them, he added.More Related News