Tackling turbulence

To deal with the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak, Schweizer World CEO Maren Schweizer says the 170-year-old German family business drew on its experience of dealing with two "existential" crises in four years.

Published Fri, Jun 19, 2020 · 09:50 PM

LIKE many others, Maren Schweizer has been working from home amid the Covid-19 outbreak. The chief executive officer of Schweizer World says that it was initially a little bit tough as she "missed the personal interaction" with colleagues.

But they have made the best of it. "We're doing team coffee mornings, and virtual after-hours now. Everybody has FaceTime or Microsoft Teams... We're all sitting there, everybody's pouring a drink... we have to get used to it."

Dr Schweizer believes that tele-working is here to stay, even after the pandemic subsides. "The technology is ready, it works... So from an efficiency point of view, why would you want to go back?" she asks, listing benefits like less commuting, fewer business trips and reduced CO2 emissions.

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