Recently, IBM Chief Arvind Krishna said that Remote work can be hazardous to your career.
According to the reports of India Today, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said, “Remote work is more suitable for certain roles that require individual work. In the short term, you probably can be equally productive, but your career does suffer.”
“Moving from there to another role is probably less likely because nobody’s observing them in another context. It will be tougher. Not impossible, but probably a lot tougher”, he added.
He also said that I’m not forcing any staffers to come into the office just yet, but those who don’t would be hard-pressed to get promoted, especially into managerial roles.
“Working remotely is a choice that people make, but it can be changed depending on their convenience or situation. I don’t understand how to do all that remotely”, he further said.
Currently, 80 percent of IBM employees are working from home at least some of the time. The company currently employs 260,000 employees that work remotely.
The statement follows when major companies have started working from office. There are few leaders that believe working from home affects productivity.
Additionally, IBM is planning to freeze the hiring for certain positions which AI can do. The company expects that nearly 7,800 jobs could be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI).
CEO Arvind Krishna has specified that hiring specifically in back-office functions such as human resources will be suspended or slowed. The company aspects that 30% of non-customer-facing roles could be replaced by AI and automation in five years.
Recently, IBM acquired, Red Hat will lay off nearly 4 per cent of its global workforce, or about 760 employees. The North Carolina-based software major Red Had currently has about 19,000 employees globally.
Earlier this year, IBM confirmed it planned to lay off around 3,900 employees from its global 260,000 workforce.
