从今年5月至8月间，国内新冠肺炎确诊病例宗数可说是扶摇直上，以致许多无法如常开门营业的公司，不得不纷纷祭出居家办公的应对措施，继而让公司的行政、宣传或行销等事务皆能如常运作。
随着各家公司相继落实居家办公措施后，许多上班族的日常工作形态出现了变化，大家也不得不催促自己去适应以下的职场新常态：
Since May 2021, the number of Covid-19 confirmed cases is getting higher. Many companies cannot operate as usual and were forced to operate fully on a work-from-home basis, so that their business can continue as usual during the MCO.
With the implementation of home office base, the daily work patterns of many office workers have changed and everyone are urged to adapt to the new normal in the workplace.
1. 远程办公模式–流动办公室 Remote Working – Home Office
过去以来，政府在疫情严峻的地区落实行管令后，人们的活动范围也受到极大的限制。当散居各地的公司职员居家办公时，个人的住家或租赁的房间就成了各自的流动办公室。在家里展开远程办公时，自律、自爱与强大的自主性可说是提升员工工作士气与效率的三大要素。
Since the government implemented the Movement Control Order in areas that are severely affected by the pandemic, the scope of social activities have also been greatly restricted. When working from home, many living rooms or bedrooms have turned into home offices. Thus, self-discipline, self-respect and strong autonomy can be said to be the three major elements to improve employee morale and efficiency when working remotely from home.
2. 视讯会议 Video Conference
由于各类免费视像会议软件如Zoom、Google Meet、Hangouts、Microsoft Teams的使用日益普及且易于操作，这无疑让不少公司的领导层纷纷通过此便利来召集员工展开视讯会议，以共同商讨各类事态进展、计划，或是藉此了解大家的工作进度以及加强公司人员之间的沟通、协调与交流等等，继而提升生产力。
With various free video conferencing software applications such as Zoom, Google Meet, Hangouts and Microsoft Teams that are gaining popularity and easy to use, many companies have begun to take advantage of this convenience to discuss about various work developments with employees, to strengthen communication, coordination and exchanges among employees and to keep up with work progress that will then increase overall productivity.
3. 网上对话交流 Online Communication
十几年前，公司老板或职员在办公时，皆通过电话或发简讯与外界对话、交流；如今，几乎人人都会采用WhatsApp这项时兴的网络即时通讯工具来沟通、联系。WhatsApp特有的群组对话功能，能让同属一个部门或某个特别工作团队的所有成员都纳入一个特定群组中，以共同分享即时且重要的消息、照片、视频等等。这无形中能提升沟通效率，更有利于推进工作的展开。
Years ago, company bosses or employees would use phone calls or text messages to communicate with one another; today, almost everyone is using WhatsApp, an online instant messaging tool, to communicate with each other. WhatsApp’s group chat function allows all members of the same department or a special work team to be included in a specific group to share across instant and important messages, photos, videos, etc. This visibly improves the efficiency of communication and conducive in advancing a work’s progress.
4. 笔记本电脑、智能手机、平板电脑三管齐下 The Three-Tools Approach – Laptop, Smart Phone & Tablets
在网络通讯、网上交易日益发达的年代，人们无论是在办公室上班或居家办公，身边总少不了笔记本电脑、智能手机甚或平板电脑。其中，笔记本电脑或平板电脑的用途甚广，除了可以让大家上网随时找资料与外界沟通交流外，更适合用来进行各项文字处理、制图制表等等工作。至于智能手机，则是大家展开即时通讯最重要的便携工具。
此外，如果能有一台具备扫描功能的打印机傍身，将让居家办公者更便于处理一些重要文件；必要时，更可通过快递服务来传送紧急的重要文件。
In this Internet era, people have laptops, smart phones or even tablet computers regardless of whether they are working in the office or working from home. In addition to allowing people to surf the Internet at any time to get information and to communicate with others around the world, a laptop or a tablet computer is more suitable for various word processing, designing and tabulation tasks. As for the smart phone, it is the most important mobile tool for everyone to start immediate communication.
Besides that, there’s a need of printer with scan function for preparing the hard copy of some important documents and deliver the documents by courier.
5. 无纸化办公 Paperless Office
当公司的所有文件、图片等重要资料都以电子档来储存时，搜寻这些资料只需输入关键词就能轻而易举地找到，这无形中有助推动无纸化办公的全面落实。值得一提的是，如今许多容量超大的图片或文档，都能轻易地通过云端分享，这除了有效地简化文件传输工作外，更可为公司省下一笔打印各类资料的额外开销。
When the company’s important data such as documents and pictures are stored as electronic files, searching for these data can be done easily through the use of some keywords, which then helps to promote full implementation of a paperless office. Nowadays, all the large-capacity pictures or documents can also be easily shared through Cloud Storage. This not only effectively simplifies file transfer, but also let the company to save an additional cost of printing different materials.
6. 网上交易 Online Trading
随着电子商务的普及化，许多公司无论是在进行投资或买卖交易等商业活动时，已纷纷采用当下非常流行且安全、有效的虚拟交易系统来完成工作。比方说，有两家公司在银行都开设了电子账户，当有关公司负责人成功谈成了买卖交易后，买方即可通过电子转账的方式进行付款。总之，网上交易的好处多，它除了可打破时空限制、扩大服务客户的区域外，还能降低营运成本开销。
With the popularization of E-commerce, many companies have adopted the more popular, safe and effective virtual transaction system to complete the task, whether they are engaged in commercial activities such as investment or trading transaction. For example, when two companies had closed the deals and both owned an online bank account, the buyer can then opt to make payment by electronic transfer. In short, online transactions have many benefits. The transactions not only can overcome time and space restrictions and expanding the area of services to customers, but also can reduce the business cost.
