The world is evolving and individual desires for work are changing speedily due to attributes of having more flexible and dignified work life and environment.

This article seeks to highlight some aspects of work that are treading speedily on changing desires of working individuals such as spending more time with families, continuous learning, leisure etc.

A research conducted by ILO about Ghana indicate that after covid-19, individuals now adopted different desires of work life such as;

●         working space,

●        workplace relations,

●        skills development,

●        Knowledge sharing

●        Human resource management.

According to the study's findings, remote work has become the norm rather than the traditional physical work environment as a result of the pandemic's effects on Ghanaian companies. The typical business observed that 34% of employees in Ghana during the pandemic worked remotely, and roughly 52% of businesses created a work-from-home policy for implementation. However, several businesses—particularly those in the manufacturing, agricultural, and hospitality sectors—could not conduct regular business operations from home.

Consequently, a hybrid system that combines physical and remote components work, in most instances, was adopted. Despite incorporating contemporary digital tools like Microsoft 360, Zoom. One of the main factors preventing some organizations from using other video conferencing software for meetings was the lack of systems to implement remote work steadily. 

Individuals are basically moving away from working in an office setting to working remotely nowadays because there’s increased expectations for themselves, families, and personal development, and flexibility for work whilst contributing greatly to their general wellbeing. There are more reasons why individuals and companies might want to choose this as a work life. Some of these reasons include;


●  Enhancing Inclusivity

By hiring people with diverse socioeconomic, geographic, and cultural backgrounds and viewpoints, remote employment enables firms to embrace diversity and inclusion. This can be difficult to do when recruiting is limited to a certain location that not everyone wants to live near or can afford.
Additionally, employers opt to support diversity, community, and family by selecting workers who can work remotely from the places where they feel the most at home and supported.

 ●  Sustainability Effect

Remote employment helps a range of sustainability projects, including those addressing climate change, sustainable cities, economic growth, and reduced inequality.
Reducing commuter travel is one of the easiest and most affordable methods for businesses and employees to lessen their carbon footprint and combat climate change. In fact, the pandemic response has significantly decreased traffic, congestion, and pollution around the world, and being able to witness these effects directly may encourage remote work for all parties.


●   Enhanced Performance and Productivity

There are typically fewer interruptions, fewer workplace politics, quieter offices, and fewer (or more productive) meetings when people telecommute. A major advantage of working remotely for both employees and businesses is higher productivity. When you factor in the absence of a commute, remote workers often have more time and fewer interruptions.

When done properly, remote work enables both employees and businesses to concentrate on what matters most—performance. Unfortunately, the workplace can produce "false positives" that might result in prejudice and partiality. Even though arriving early and departing late may "see" to involve more effort, actual performance is a much more accurate measure of productivity.

 ●        Positive Effects on the Environment

Globally, Prior to the epidemic, there were 3.9 million employees who worked from home at least half the time, which resulted in a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of more than 600,000 cars for a whole year. For people who work from home at least some of the time, an astounding 7.8 billion vehicle miles are saved annually, along with 3 million tons of greenhouse gases (GHG) and $980 million in oil savings.

Telecommuters also have the same potential impact on air quality as planting an entire forest of 91 million trees by choosing to use less paper and keeping an eye on their air conditioning, heating, and lighting.


●   A Fresh Approach

Though the epidemic may have served as the impetus for remote work for many millions of employees worldwide, it's by no means the only justification. Working from home has such a positive impact on the world as a whole that it is destined to overtake all other options.