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Indian employees may be working fewer days from office thanks to hybrid work arrangements, but they are spending more time commuting than in pre-pandemic days as the distance to the workplace and the traffic on road have increased, says a new report...
An average Indian spent 59 minutes to travel 20 kms one way to work last year in key metro cities, compared with 51 minutes to cover 17 kms before the pandemic, said the report, '2023 On Wheels: How India Moved In Sync', by office commute platform MoveInSync...
Indian employees spent 8% of their time (almost two hours) traveling to and fro on days when they worked from the office..
In 2023, the average travel distance between the home and the office increased 17.6% from the pre-Covid times, according to the findings of MoveInSync, which it said were based on an analysis of the travel time data of 30 million trips taken by employees of 300 companies using its platform...
At data management and storage company NetApp India, employees can opt for either the nodal service that refers to pick-up and drop between the closest point from the employee's residence and the office, or a shift-based model that accommodates various time zones, said Krishna Bettan, its director, workplace experience...
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