Antoniu Panait, Vastint Romania: “We live in a new reality and we need to embrace it so that we evolve to the next stage”

“In order to make the right decision and trigger the right conclusions, we need to base on real facts and numbers. Now, in the new reality we emerged almost ten months ago, we need to process a large amount of information and make decisions very fast. On WFH-related aspects, we have to ask the numbers what actually triggers and what is the real impact on our business lives, private lives and the way we interact. And some figures show that the WFH induces a higher level of stress, anxiety and emotional exhaustion among employees. For instance, more than one third of surveyed employees worked fewer hours than usual, while 35.2 percent worked the same hours and 30.3 per cent worked more than usual,” Antoniu Panait, Managing Director, VASTINT Romania said during People Empowering Forum 2020.

“The lack of social interactions trigger decline in their mental health. Each organization has to analyze these findings and at 10 months’ time since the pandemic emerged, we should have a wider amount of data on this topic.  WFH can limit the ability to interact of humans that have this in DNA, and learning new skills actually led to decrease the natural ability of humans, according to the quoted survey.”

The statement has been uttered within the 6th edition of PEOPLE EMPOWERING BUSINESS FORUM 2020.  The event benefitted from the support of DIAMOND PARTNER Wipro Ltd., GOLD PARTNERS Vastint, Acca, Noerr, Majorel PARTNERS Romgaz, Wave, Sea One, SUPPORTING ASSOCIATIONS BRCC, ANIS, ClujIT, FabLab Iasi, Pin Magazine and MEDIA PARTNERS Outsourcing Today, Financial Intelligence, Economistul, Romania Durabila, Club Economic.