Many more bank workers can continue to work from home even when the epidemic is over.

In a day or two, Hungarian financial institutions started working from home. The possibility of teleworking will be maintained permanently, even in times after the epidemic, and will be used to a greater extent than before.

At the MKB Group, most of the support fund areas have been working from home for 8 weeks, without interruption. The transition was supported by online trainings between managers and employees.

At Unicredit, telecommuting was common practice in many areas even before the outbreak, so extended telecommuting was organized in no time, with the necessary expansions, they said. There are a minimum number of employees whose job or responsibilities do not allow them to work remotely. The number of people working at headquarters has been reduced to 10 percent of the previous workforce, and this can now be permanently maintained. They plan to maintain the ability to work remotely in the post-epidemic period, even to a greater extent than before, they said.

According to a survey of Erste Bank employees, almost 80 percent of those who work from home could work from home for at least two months without a problem, and around 40 percent would be delighted to work in this way. shape in the future.

There are 200 people working at the bank’s headquarters of more than 2,000, but efforts have also been made to reduce the number of personal appearances in the branch network.

OTP stated that office buildings will also be necessary in the future, but their interior design and furnishings in public spaces will definitely be affected by the experience gained now. The emergency order had a small effect on the construction of the new office building constructed by OTP Bank on Madarász Viktor Street in Budapest, the building is currently in a “near-ready” condition, so there is a possibility of refinements mentioned.

Employees at the Raiffeisen Bank headquarters moved to the head office for a weekend in mid-March. Future extensions will be decided based on a summary of the current experience and situation.



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