During this second wave (some call it third wave) outbreak in Malaysia, many working man and woman have been calling for the government not to reopen the industries, especially during the recent permission for all economic activities to reopen that was announced last week or the week before. So when cases continue to rise in recent days, many have been calling for the government to close down the economy sectors to curb the transmission of Covid19. So there was an announcement yesterday that management and supervisory level have to work at home, and the rest if they have to come to the office to work, they have to take the swab test.
So my co-workers have been discussing this since this morning and wanted to request management to allow all to work from home as that has been done before during early stages of this CMCO and also last MCO back in March-May. But management's response is that they have realized in first MCO and the recent CMCO, workload has been very minimal when WFH is implemented and there is a limit on the type of work that they can give as a lot of the records and documents are still in the office. Employees can only bring back essential documents that are related to their work, and there is only so much files one can bring home.
Their response is that they can allow employees to WFH but with reduced pay of 30 - 40%, which I myself think is alright as workload really is reduced when WFH and we can save on travelling time, expenses and time flexibility, but some other staff are not agreeable to it as they have commitments or simply lifestyle expenses.
So this leaves the question, are workers or employees really willing to WFH with reduced pay that comes with reduced workload, greater flexibility in time, activity as well as safe working environment especially in times of Covid19?
Work From Home but with lesser pay, as titled