The office beckons for Careem

The office beckons for Careem

When remote working was imposed on majority of the world's office workers last year, some embraced it with gusto, while others struggled with the lack of interaction with their colleagues. 

As new variants of the coronavirus continue to emerge, remote working and work from home (WFH) is still in place for many of the world's office workers and organisations are still trying to figure out what sort of policy to enact for their workers as vaccination drives develop.

A recent survey by global job listing platform, Indeed, showed that the number of people working remotely has dropped by almost half versus May last year when WFH peaked worldwide.

Tech companies worldwide embraced WFH, with the likes of Twitter enacting it as a permanent policy. UAE-based super app Careem announced back in September 2020 its intention to become a permanent remote-first company across the 14 countries where it has operations. But Careem now seems to have realised the importance of maintaining in-person interaction in the workplace, and so the company is looking to test its remote working policy by launching a two-month pilot programme in the UAE, asking employees to attend the office once or twice a week for social purposes.