Ngaphambi kuka-2020, ubani owayengacabanga ukuthi kwakungenzeka ukuthi kwenziwe umsebenzi ekhaya kusukela phakathi negumbi lokudlala? Noma uthole ugqozi ngenkathi uhlezi etafuleni lasekhishini? Ngaphambi kwe-COVID-19, abasebenzi basehhovisi bebethembekile kumadeski abo amile kanye nama-monitor amabili-akhiwe endaweni engazange iphindwe kabili njengekamelo lokulala lezivakashi. Kepha njengoba sekuphuma umuthi wokugomela i-COVID-19, futhi abasebenzi sebejwayele ukusebenza bekude, izinkampani ziyazibuza ukuthi zingalinganisa kanjani isifiso sokuvumelana nezimo nesidingo sokuba sehhovisi lokusebenzisana. Ngokusebenzisa amandla okuklama okuhle, abanikazi bamabhizinisi bathembele ekudonseleni abasebenzi ukuthi babuyele emsebenzini.
Benson Hill , inkampani yobuchwepheshe bokudla okwakungeyokuqala eSt. Louis ukuze athole uxhaso oluvela kwa-Google, muva nje usebenze nefemu yezokwakha nezokuklama I-Arcturis ukuguqula ikomkhulu layo kukhampasi ye Donald Danforth Plant Science Center eCreve Coeur. Lesi sikhala sibonisa imibala yemvelo—i-indigo, eluhlaza okotshani, eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka—kanye nokuqedwa okufana ne-walnut nethayela lobumba njengokuvuma ngekhanda emsebenzini wenkampani kwezobuchwepheshe bezolimo. Ukukhanyisa kungashintsha izinga lokushisa lombala (kusuka ku-shades efudumele ukuya epholile) ukuze kuhlobane nokushisa kwemibala ehlukahlukene yelanga. Izinto ezisebenza phezulu zilingisa ukubukeka kwamapayipi okunisela, futhi amalebhu athola umoya ohlanzekile ngamaphesenti angu-100 ngenxa yokusakazwa kwesimanje (okuthakazelisa kakhulu emhlabeni wangemva kwe-COVID). Ngaphandle kwekhishi lenkampani kunendawo yokuphumula eguquguqukayo ezizwa isondelene ngokwanele ukuthi ungasebenza uwedwa noma ingashintshwa ukuze ikwazi ukuhlalisa abangu-350 kumhlangano wesitayela sehholo ledolobha. Izitebhisi zinikeza ikhefu lezakhiwo phakathi kwehhovisi nezindawo zelebhu. Amalebhu afaka amawindi okubuka ukuze abuke abacwaningi emsebenzini.
UMegan Ridgeway ungumongameli we-Arcturis. Uthi okubalulekile ekwakhiweni kwamahhovisi ngo-2021 “indawo yokusebenzela oyithandayo.” “Ingxenye yokuthi ukuklama kungababuyisela kanjani abantu ehhovisi wukuzindla ngalokho osekungcwele kubantu njengoba sebesebenze unyaka besekhaya,” usho kanje. Lokho kungasho ukuqopha amagumbi omsebenzi ogxile phansi, izikhala ezinkulu ngokwanele ukusebenzisana kodwa ezisengavumela ukuqhelelana nomphakathi, kanye negumbi lezempilo lapho isisebenzi singabaleka khona imizuzu emihlanu ukuze sizindle noma siphuze inkomishi yekhofi. I-Post-COVID, i-Ridgeway ingaveza lokho njengesidingo esingaphezu kosizo.
I-CEO kaBenson Hill, uMat Crisp, ibone ukuthi ukhiye wokwakhiwa kwehhovisi okuphumelelayo kuyoba ukunikeza abasebenzi bakhe amandla okulawula indlela abazizwa ngayo ehhovisi. "Uma unale ndawo eyisidina abasebenza kuyo, futhi baya ezingxenyeni zayo ezahlukahlukene, futhi empeleni bakwenye inguqulo yalapho bebekade bekhona, lokho akumnandi," kusho yena. “Ngicabanga ukuthi kudala i-claustrophobia. Ukuhlukahluka kwezikhala ozinikezayo kuvumela abantu ukuthi bahambise noma yimaphi amandla akhiqiza kakhulu kubo futhi asebenzisana kakhulu nabo. " Okuhlukile kule phrojekthi ukuthi uCrisp wayefuna umklamo wehhovisi ozodonsela abasebenzi kude namadeski abo. Uthi: “Siyaphumelela lapho abantu besungula izinto ezintsha, futhi okunye okuhle kakhulu kwenzeka lapho besebenzisana.”
Enye indlela i-Arcturis ekwazi ngayo ukudala lokho kuhlukahluka kwesikhala nokukhuthaza ukusebenza ndawonye iwukusebenzisa ithiyori yemibala. Amakamelo amane eBenson Hill ambozwe ngombala ohlukile: osawolintshi oshile, i-indigo, eluhlaza okotshani nobumba. Umbala ngamunye uvusa imizwa ethile futhi izisebenzi seziqalile ukudonsela kule mibala ngenxa yendlela ezibenza bazizwe ngayo. UCrisp, isibonelo, uthanda ukubhukha imihlangano egumbini lenkomfa eliwolintshi. “Uzizwa sengathi ungaphakathi lapho ukuze wenze into ebaluleke kakhulu, entsha,” usho kanje. I-Arcturis isemkhankasweni wokuqoqa idatha kubasebenzi ukuze ichaze ukuthi yimaphi amagumbi abawakhethela imisebenzi ethile.
Abadwebi bezakhiwo nabaklami bangaphakathi bafunda nokuthi, i-post-COVID, idizayini yendawo yokusebenza inabela ngaphandle kwezindonga zamahhovisi. UBrad Liebman, umqondisi womklamo wangaphakathi enkampanini yezobunjiniyela bezakhiwo HOK , uthi enye yezinto azizwa kumakhasimende ukuthi imayelana nokuvumelana nezimo. Futhi uma inkampani ivumela abasebenzi ukuthi basebenze ekhaya izinsuku ezimbili kuya kwezintathu ngesonto, bafuna ukuhlobisa amakhaya abo ngobuchwepheshe obufanayo obukhona ehhovisi.
“Sonke sinobuchwepheshe obufanele bokusiqeda njengamanje, kodwa yibona obungcono kakhulu? Ingabe kukhona ehhovisi?" Kusho uLiebman. Okufanayo kuya ngefenisha. “Kunabantu abaningi asebehlale ezihlalweni ezingakhululekile cishe unyaka wonke.” U-Liebman ucabanga ukuthi lezi zinsiza zizosiza izinkampani zihehe futhi zigcine ithalente.
Ezinkampanini eziqasha izisebenzi ezikude, i-Ridgeway ibakhuthaza ukuthi bacabange ngendlela yokuhlanganisa ukuqashwa okusha esikweni lenkampani. Osomaqhinga bomkhiqizo we-Arcturis bahlanganisa amabhokisi anezinto ezibalulekile ezihlanganisa isiko lenkampani futhi azithumele kubasebenzi abakude. “Ngicabanga ukuthi lolu bhubhane lugcizelele ukuthi indima yethu njengabachwepheshe bezokwakha wukwenza ulwazi,” kusho yena.
Abaqashi nabo bacabanga ngalokho okwenzeka ngaphakathi kwehhovisi eliphathekayo. U-Jessica Waite, umphathi wephrojekthi kwa-HOK, uthi isicelo esikhulu kunazo zonke asizwa kumakhasimende isifiso sokudala isikhala esisekela isiko lenkampani. Uma kuphephile ukwenza kanjalo, amakhasimende afuna abasebenzi babuyele ehhovisi, “hhayi nje ukwenza imisebenzi yabantu, kodwa ukubakhulisa ngempela njengabasebenzi.”
Njengesibonelo, uLiebman ukhomba ihhovisi lika-HOK eSt. Louis. Igumbi elilodwa linamafasitela anobude obuphindwe kabili abheke ku-Arch, amadeski okuma engeziwe, nefenisha yegumbi lokuphumula: "Yindawo lapho wonke umuntu engabuthana khona," esho.