Two corporate leaders on the necessity of office life for their respective organisations in the new normal
In May, Twitter announced its intention to give employees the choice to work from home permanently. The announcement generated a great deal of attention with other tech giants like Facebook and Amazon also considering similar work arrangements in the post-pandemic era.
From four-day work weeks to flexible office hours, some companies around the world have adapted well to the work-from-home model. For others, though, it’s not quite so simple.
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Pei Teeng Yeoh, director of YTL Land & Development
Pei Teeng Yeoh of award-winning property developer YTL Land & Development, for instance, is full of admiration for how well her team coped at the start of the nationwide MCO, completing tasks as best they could despite the lack of face-to-face interaction that was crucial in property development.
“I don’t foresee the future of YTL Land & Development to be completely office-free, given the brick-and-mortar nature of the business and the big ticket products that we are selling,” says Yeoh. YTL Land is responsible for upscale residential properties in Malaysia such as U-Thant Place and The Fennel, as well as stylish office buildings like d5 in Sentul East and The Trillium at Lake Fields in Sungai Besi.