Page 6 - Al-Rashed Newsletter June 2020

WORK FROM HOME SNIPPETS
WORK FROM HOME- HOW THE OFFICE FEELS!

The curfews and lock-downs is a standing testament We humans have always found ways to thrive in the
that we are adaptable to any kind of circumstances. As times of uncertainty. These are fearful times, to be sure
humans, this is our best characteristic and we have the and yet, amidst the confusion and anxiety, there are
power to adapt even more to ensure that we can ever stronger signs of hope and solidarity, a sense of,
change the world. Work from home has its merits, and desire for, togetherness. It is this spirit of global
another example that an office based culture can be togetherness that gives us hope. With this togetherness,
molded onto any platform as deemed necessary. the productivity increases.
Productivity spikes, being in the presence of your family The sense of belonging and comfort while working from
and a chilled out working environment are the best home has helped to increase the productivity of our staff
traits of work from home. Work from home is a boon as at Al Rashed. Sure , the power of personal touch among
well as a bane. Being an industry which has followed the colleagues might be missing ; but this doesn’t alter
traditional aspects for long, only time will tell how the fact that, we are all working towards fighting the
shipping can fare under a Work from Home scenario. circumstances and situations by converting every
roadblock to an opportunity.
Ravi Varrier Pradeep Menon,
CEO CFO

At office, interruption is when the phone rings. At It gave me the ability to devote more hours to my family
home, it is the pressure cooker. You reply to mails in and get close to my daughter, make my own time and
your working time at office, this resonates to waking schedule and can work from anywhere in the world with
hours at home. At office, you try to buy time for a full an internet connection. It did however add more
meal for lunch, at home you try to buy time after a full pressure having to deal with the baby's naughtiness
meal for a nap. while trying to commit to business hours but I suppose
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Vice President- Corporate Affairs Senan Nafea
Business Development Manager (Iraq)

Working while at home has played a vital role in my life From initial euphoria to do-it-all-by-yourself, multi-
as a family man, it gave me more privacy and more tasking, ambidexterity and productivity spike (doing the
time to concentrate on every detail in my work. dishes while attending to the client, with earbuds glued
I, no longer have to waste time on traffic, driving or to earlobes), the horror of the microbe lurking around to
having to be in office at certain hours, it gave a being paranoid about, life has been a roller coaster
definition to my work and schedule things as I ride. With the OCD (Obsessive Compulsive/COVID
personally see suited to accomplish business. Disorder) kicking in, too much ablutions still seem to be
Ali Abdulmohsin too less.
Project Manager (Iraq) Sudheer Kurup
Sr. Executive, Vessel Agency

I feel I have more control over my life, so I enjoy During the lockdown, we are surely locked but not
working more. I set up my home office the way I like down. When a company steps up at a time like this, it
and I feel that each morning it inspires me to be more builds loyalty, commitment, and long-lasting teams."
creative. I can set my own working hours and enjoy We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the
family time and my favorite exercise which helps me to amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality
relax. of time we put in.
Eng. Riham Yahya Subramanyam Raju
Logistics Coordinator (Iraq) HSE Officer