Work from Home Article-Generations of working from home.Working from home is still a new concept all over the world, but has been used as an option in Europe for over a decade.
I was an employee of Fujitsu in the UK 10 years ago, but I worked from home quite often. Most of the meetings were telephone meetings because the members of the department were scattered all over the world. Working from home is already a well-established way of working in Europe.
Living in central London is too expensive, so most people with children and working in London travel long distances on crowded trains, just like in Japan. These people are not going to take a crowded train until the new coronavirus vaccine is widely distributed.
However, in Europe, there is a generation gap in how telecommuting is perceived, and companies will have to deal with it. Young singles, despite being “digital natives,” are under great stress in working from home. For young singles, the workplace is also important as a place to socialize. There is also the issue of trust. Older employees have established relationships with their colleagues and are confident in their abilities. Young employees, on the other hand, are not confident and have not been long enough to prove their abilities to colleagues.
In addition, there is a physical environment for working from home. Older employees live in relatively large homes, while young people in London share their homes and apartments with their roommates. The private space may be a small bedroom and the shared space may be only the kitchen.
This, of course, also applies to Japanese urban dwellers. If you live in a 1DK apartment, you may not have a place to put your desk and you may not be able to close the door to shut out noise and obstruction.
But there is one difference between Japan and Europe. In Japan, middle-aged people are also stressed by working from home. Managers, in particular, are accustomed to assessing their subordinates based on the amount of effort rather than the deliverables of their work and have communicated with Ho-Ren-So and the ministry. Such an approach is not suitable for remote work styles. In digital transformation, not only the management of information and communication technology, but also the management of people are the key.
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