Seimens Launches A Mobile App for its Global Workforce
German technology company Seimens will officially roll out a new flexible working application for its employees around the world. The mobile app will kick off in hundreds of its offices and for its 100,000 workers worldwide.
The company says that it wants to help its staff safely return to their offices once the coronavirus pandemic eases significantly. In fact, the German firm runs in about 30 different countries and all its offices will have access to the application.
The multinational conglomerate firm named the mobile app Comfy. They thus designed it to give its users the data they need regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
Such information includes the occupancy levels and critical updates about the local situation and its handling. In addition to that, it has a contact tracing feature that should be very useful for workers living in high-risk areas.
According to technology news reports, Siemens designed things so its employees could comfortably comply with regulations.
Prior to the app’s launch, the company’s employees had voiced out their concerns for their safety. Of course, with the rising number of coronavirus infections around most communities, it would lead to serious issues.
The German firm teamed up with Salesforce, an American software developer for the mobile application.
The company said that its app would block certain desks in an area if the data received is about a person that may have COVID-19. Reports say that the application is already being sold to external consumers who are interested.
Initially, Comfy will roll out to Siemens’ 1,3000 factories and offices around the world.
Last week, the company announced that it would allow its staff to work from where they feel comfortable for the next couple of days. The management is rethinking of ways of how to enforce more safety in the workplace.
Rising Talents
While its employees around the world cautiously return to their offices, people are praising Seimens, with headlines of it “making history”.
Companies and industries have seen changes and exponential growth in the younger generation through modern technology. And the German business is praised for how it gives the youth a chance to showcase their knowledge and skills.
Reports say that young engineers at the company are becoming more and more involved, playing major roles in their workplace.
The example cited by the press is the contribution of the younger generation of engineers to the ventilator challenge.
Just recently, a team of a hundred people gathered together to kick off the Ventilator Challenge UK. The initial target was to produce 13,500 medical gadgets in around 12 weeks.
And among those who excelled are the company’s young engineers and apprentices who were starting off at Siemens Digital Industries.