Even as India awaits the economic bounce back, both work and workplace for white-collar jobs have changed forever. Some deep structural shifts are underway. As digitisation intensifies, remote working is here to stay. Automation will slay jobs. Expect work to be digitally sliced and farmed out to different kinds of workers — full-time to freelancers.
Wages will increasingly be linked to outcomes. Vertical career paths — mediated by employers and shaped by experience and organisational hierarchy — may no longer be the norm, says Aditi Surie, consultant, IIHS. Experts are worried about hollowing out of the middle-class jobs in India much earlier in its growth trajectory.
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