The WFH culture picked up momentum only five-six years back, although IBM began this trend in India about 10 years ago. It's difficult to put a number on how many people work from home, because it is a floating population.
"The work from home option is not feasible for all sectors. Only those in which there is minimum personal interaction required, like in some departments of the IT sector, or in copyediting and telemarketing, does it work. And in even those, you work closely with a supervisor, on a set of deliverables," said Rashi Bajaj of a Delhi-based consultant firm.
