Virus breaks the mould for telework in office-bound Japan | Malay Mail

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TOKYO, April 2 — The longstanding stereotype of Japan’s office-bound “salaryman” is being tested as companies cautiously embrace working from home in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Japan’s government has for years been trying to encourage firms to implement “flexible...

Yuki Sato, an employee in a start-up company, works from home as a result of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus in Tokyo. — AFP pic

But uptake has been slow. A survey published last year found around 19 per cent of companies offered a telework option, but just 8.5 per cent of employees polled had tried it out. That’s a view familiar to Yuki Sato, 35, currently experimenting with teleworking for the first time. He works for a Tokyo start-up, Phybbit, which offers services to counter digital fraud, and had never before tried working from home.

“I can also give them their bath in the evening, something I could never do during the week before because I was never home before 8pm.” “The situation has put their backs against the wall. They’ve been forced to give their employees the choice to telework,” said Kazama.

 

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