{"id":6729,"date":"2021-04-18T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T00:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dollarsandsense.sg\/business\/?p=6729"},"modified":"2021-04-17T23:36:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T15:36:20","slug":"what-the-real-newnormal-will-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dollarsandsense.sg\/business\/what-the-real-newnormal-will-be\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is More Like What The Real #NewNormal Will Be"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the easing of safe management measures from 5 April 2021, some people on our team have found themselves trapped in buses and MRT packed like sardines. Up to 75% of workers who can do their work from home can now be called back to the workplace at any one point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can literally feel that more people are going back to the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, there have been just 5 community cases of COVID-19. If this continues, we can expect further easing of safe management measures. Already, talks of travel bubble arrangements with Hong Kong have restarted \u2013 with the first flights tentatively in mid-May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Read Also:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dollarsandsense.sg\/business\/safe-management-measures-eased-5-apr-2021-things-businesses-need-to-know\/\">Safe Management Measures To Be Eased From 5 Apr 2021: 10 Things Businesses Need To Know<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"newnormal-is-back-to-work-or-work-from-home\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>#NewNormal Is Back To Work Or Work-From-Home?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As more workers head back to office, this will also be the time that we will know whether work-from-home arrangements will stay, and how big of a role it will play in the #NewNormal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At DollarsAndSense, we have chosen to continue with the existing arrangement of working close to 50% from home. Being a small team, it\u2019s also easier to adopt a more flexible arrangement if team members want to stay home or come into office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For bigger companies in Singapore \u2013 and they don\u2019t come much bigger than DBS (which SEA will surely be disputing) \u2013 it was announced in early April that they will&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/companies-markets\/dbs-to-cut-singapore-office-space-sources\">let go of 2 and a half floors of office space<\/a>&nbsp;in Marina Bay Finance Centre (MBFC) Tower 3 by end of 2021. This comes as employees at the bank will be allowed to work from home for up to 40% of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same Business Times article also mentions that Citi Group and Mizuho are also giving up office space on the back of successful work-from-home arrangements. Meanwhile, ByteDance and Amazon.com are going to take up new space in the financial district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Read Also:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dollarsandsense.sg\/business\/office-rentals-are-down-sign-a-longer-lease-in-2021\/\">Office Rentals Are Down, But Should You Sign A Longer Lease In 2021?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This just proves that work-from-home, in some form, will probably be here to stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"nothing-like-a-good-old-fashioned-team-bonding-activities\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nothing Like A Good Old Fashioned Team Bonding Activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As more employees return to the workplace more often, while still retaining some work-from-home arrangement, teamwork needs evolve. Regardless, teams still need good chemistry and communication to work well together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And there\u2019s no better way than some good old fashion team bonding to do this (limited to 8 pax at a go for now based on new measures from 5 April 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Read Also:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dollarsandsense.sg\/business\/escape-rooms-in-singapore-for-team-bonding\/\">Breaking Out: 5 Escape Rooms In Singapore For Team Bonding (Up To 8 Pax)<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DollarsAndSense Team recently headed to our first Escape Room, and we managed to comfortably beat the room with a whole 20 seconds to spare. *yawn*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/dollarsandsense.sg\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Escape-Room.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dollarsandsense.sg\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Escape-Room.jpg 828w, https:\/\/dollarsandsense.sg\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Escape-Room-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dollarsandsense.sg\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Escape-Room-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dollarsandsense.sg\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Escape-Room-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/dollarsandsense.sg\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Escape-Room-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><figcaption>Team DollarsAndSense Beats Escape Room with 20 seconds to spare<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The young bloods on the team did us proud. I didn\u2019t even enter one of the rooms to see what puzzles I had to solve in there. I think we already work well together, but these team activities allow you to work well outside of work \u2013 which always adds another dimension to your relationships.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is more like how the #NewNormal will be.\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[364],"tags":[946,352,600,740,731,282,238],"class_list":["post-6729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-insights","tag-newnormal","tag-office-space","tag-team-bonding","tag-team-communication","tag-the-new-normal","tag-work-trends","tag-working-from-home"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This Is More Like What The Real #NewNormal Will Be | DollarsAndSense Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We&#039;ve all read how the working world will change post-COVID-19. 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