Coronavirus: Businesses count the cost of their continuity plans
Firms looking into sustainability of split operations in the long run
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Ms Athirah Khairunnisa (on laptop screen), an account manager at Splash Productions, conducting a video conference call with her colleagues who are based at separate worksites. The marketing communications company split its staff into two teams a week ago, with half of them in the office and the other half at home.
PHOTO: SPLASH PRODUCTIONS
Yip Wai Yee Tech Correspondent, Yip Wai Yee
With Singapore in its second week since the authorities stepped up the national response to the coronavirus to the orange level, workers and business leaders who took measures to ensure the continuity of their operations are beginning to wonder just how long this state of affairs might continue.
Many firms have activated their Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) since the disease outbreak response level was raised on Feb 7.
