Fastcollab - #CHENNAI FLOOD DISASTER: LESSONS THAT HR’S CAN LEARN

FASTCOLLAB #CHENNAI FLOOD DISASTER: LESSONS THAT HR’S CAN LEARN

• Chennai Flood Disaster has costed $60 million in loss to IT companies, Rs.300 crores to telecom companies and Rs.1600 crores of loss for automobile sector. More than 90% of the companies were not prepared to tackle this situation and were forced to close the business without any alternate plan.

1. Ensuring Employees’ Safety • The first thing HR’s did was to move employees out of city, quickly and safely.

They kept office close, booked hotels or hostels for temporary stay and made necessary food arrangements 2. Get an alternate place to shift everything • Almost 90% of the companies in affected areas of Chennai stayed shut down for more than 10 days. They had no alternate plan to continue the business.

Keeping this in mind, HR’s should be aware of alternate places to shift necessary equipments quickly to keep the business up and running.

3. Encourage critical role employees to stay behind • In most of the organisations, there are few key roles which need physical presence of employees within the office location. Companies have encouraged them to stay back with full comforts in place, like booked hotels for them or made staying arrangements within office premises.

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Social Media has proved out to be effective in letting others know about the exact situation of the disaster. HR’s should keep posting about current situation of city as well as office premises. Keep sending photographs, videos and even email communication. This will give confidence among employees to travel back to city. Also an indication to key customers, that business is about to continue with 100% efficiency.

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