800 staff resign after firm asks them to work from workplace

As the Covid scenario has improved, a number of firms have already known as their workers to office, ending the make money working from home (WFH).

However, it appears some employees wish to earn a living from home further. Recently, a whole bunch of workers have resigned when a company asked them to return to the workplace.

Over 800 WhiteHat Jr staff have resigned from the children on-line coding learning edtech start-up in the last two months after being requested to work from office.

This comes after WhiteHat Jr, a platform which was acquired by BYJU’S in 2020, asked its staff to return to workplace within a month’s time, in keeping with an Inc42 report.

On March 18, the corporate introduced the coverage to finish earn a living from home and requested distant workers to return to workplace by April 18.

The resignations came from full-time workers of the gross sales, coding, and math teams. Extra staff are anticipated to place down their papers in the coming months.

One of the workers who resigned advised the web site that a month’s time was not enough for relocation. “Some have youngsters, some have aged and sick mother and father, whereas others have other duties. It's not proper to name back staff in such a brief period of time,” the former WhiteHat Jr worker mentioned.

Another employee stated salaries also factored in the choice to not return to the office. At the time of hiring, staff were informed about their job location – WhiteHat Jr has places of work in Gurugram, Mumbai and Bengaluru. However, after working from house for two years, employees believed that their salaries ought to be revised to reflect the cost of living in expensive cities.

“This was a well-planned and managed layoff that WhiteHat Jr did,” a former worker remarked.