800 staff resign after firm asks them to work from office

Because the Covid state of affairs has improved, a number of firms have already known as their workers to office, ending the work at home (WFH).

However, it seems some staff want to work at home additional. Just lately, lots of of employees have resigned when a company asked them to come to the office.

Over 800 WhiteHat Jr workers have resigned from the kids online coding learning edtech start-up within the last two months after being asked to work from workplace.

This comes after WhiteHat Jr, a platform which was acquired by BYJU’S in 2020, requested its workers to return to workplace within a month’s time, based on an Inc42 report.

On March 18, the corporate announced the coverage to end do business from home and requested remote staff to return to workplace by April 18.

The resignations got here from full-time staff of the sales, coding, and math teams. Extra employees are anticipated to put down their papers within the coming months.

One of many staff who resigned instructed the web site that a month’s time was not sufficient for relocation. “Some have children, some have aged and sick dad and mom, while others have other tasks. It's not proper to call back staff in such a short period of time,” the previous WhiteHat Jr employee said.

One other employee said salaries additionally factored within the determination to not return to the office. At the time of hiring, workers have been instructed about their job location – WhiteHat Jr has offices in Gurugram, Mumbai and Bengaluru. However, after working from home for 2 years, employees believed that their salaries ought to be revised to mirror the price of residing in expensive cities.

“This was a well-planned and managed layoff that WhiteHat Jr did,” a former employee remarked.