Corona is a company that has "no residential condition" at the time of hiring because it is fixed at home.

There is also a company with “no condition of residence” in the adoption stage because it is fixed at home from work Corona June 25, 6:27

While more and more companies are starting to work from home as a countermeasure against the new type of coronavirus, some companies are eliminating the condition of their residence from the hiring stage and allowing them to work wherever they live.

GMO Pepabo, an internet-related company headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, has decided to continue working from home, the principle that started from the end of January.

Along with this, we have also reviewed the hiring, and until now, we had to commute to any of the three locations in Tokyo, Fukuoka, and Kagoshima, but this month we have eliminated this requirement.

All interviews are conducted online, and you can live anywhere in the country as long as you can come to the company at an internal event that is held about four times a year.

Although there is an upper limit on transportation expenses when coming to work, the company will provide it. As it applies to current employees, one male employee said, "There is no problem in my work at home. I am happy to be able to move freely when problems such as nursing care come out in the future." It was

Megumi Funabashi, Human Resources Manager at GMO Pepabo said, “We look forward to hiring more talented people by expanding the choices of places to live. Since communication may be diluted, we have the opportunity to interact as a company. I would like to establish a firm."

Expert "To open space restrictions"

In a survey conducted in April by the Recruit Sumai Company targeting approximately 1,400 people living in the Tokyo metropolitan area, etc., 24% of all respondents said they would consider relocation if they would continue to telework.

When asked by multiple answers about their wishes for relocation, 40% of the respondents said "I want to make a house with a large number of rooms", and 26% said "I want to emphasize the surrounding environment rather than the convenience of commuting." 8% also answered, "I want to relocate to a place close to nature."

"We had a system such as regional limited employees, but we were unable to overcome the restrictions on movement and location. However, if telework took root, the location restrictions would continue." It will be an important change, both for those who are liberated and working, and for companies that want talented people to come."

Based on that, it is necessary to consider working styles and personnel systems that suit each company, saying that online communication and human resource management that appropriately evaluates the results are indispensable to make good use of these systems. I pointed out.