How We're Adapting

October 2020

• Successful onboarding of Anywhere of New Employees Program
• Increased focused on Training & Development to offer support to internal teams while delivering mission-critical applications to ensure customers business continuity. 

Aug/Sept 2020

• Continued work-from-home with flexible hours for all employees
• Ongoing employee engagement including a 10-week meditation series
• 24X7 remote IT infrastructure support to ensure uninterrupted service for all iLink customers

June 17 2020

• Maintaining ongoing open communication between leadership and organization
• Ongoing support for continuous internet access & monitoring remote IT infrastructure to provide seamless support to customers
• Supporting balance between work & home with engagement activities and flexible work hours

May 7 2020

• Conducted all-hands meeting for all US & India based employees offering business update and Q&A. 
• Lockdown in India extended to May 17, India based employees continue to work remotely. 
• All US employees continue to work remotely. 
• Ongoing employee engagement activities along with optional daily meditation sessions. 

April 28 2020

• Prioritizing employee health, both mental and physical well being. Offering employee engagement sessions for all remote employees, including ongoing 3-day a week, 1-hour meditation sessions. 
• Ongoing employee online meetings with virtual birthday celebrations and games. 
• Encourage employees to share WFH moments for a video compilation. 

April 21 2020

• All our offices in the US and India remain closed. Employees continue to work remotely from home.
• Regular sanitization of all iLink offices to prepare for the eventual transition to in-office work.
• Ongoing remote employee engagement including online activities including health & wellness and ergonomic seminars and artistic competitions.

April 14 2020

• Lockdown in India extended till May 3rd.
• All locations in India and US continue to work remotely.
• No major disruption and no delays in the client deliverables since WFH implementation 27 days ago.

April 10 2020

• Awareness session conducted regarding Postures, Ergonomics etc.

April 3 2020

• iLink publishes insightful dashboard on Covid-19 – https://www.ilink-systems.com/covid-19-live-updates/
• Focusing on Employee Wellness by providing Online Meditation Sessions to help manage stress.

March 27 2020

• Infra Team provides an improved dashboard to monitor remote connectivity performance

March 26 2020

• Employee wellness focused engagement calendar released. Remote activities planned for meditation, Yoga, diet, ergonomics etc.

March 24 2020

• Work from home enabled for all locations in India & US. All 700+ employees transitioned to WFH successfully.

March 23 2020

• Provide learning and development platforms for all employees
• Sanitized transport facilities in Chennai and Trichy

March 22 2020

• Townhall conducted for all India employees by CEO and CPO.

March 20 2020

• Plan in place to have 24×7 support for iLink development and data centers
• Readiness checked through mock drill for all locations in case of complete lockdown

March 19 2020

• Considering COVID19 situation in Pune, employees working from Pune office shifted to WFH.
• Thermal scanner made available at all the locations.
• Continuous office sanitization along with awareness session for people in office and working remotely.

March 17 2020

• Telemedicine portal MDLive activated for all the employees in the US
• Accelerated IT Infra procurement and installation of necessary tools to enable WFH
• In order to ensure minimal disruption and continued productivity, Work from Home guidelines issued to the employees.
• Partial work from home started in India

March 16 2020

• All employees in the US offices start “work from home”.
• People working from the client locations continue to follow the client’s advisory.
• BCP guidelines, aligned with government guidelines & protocols, rolled out for all locations.

March 13 2020

• Taking account of the situation, the CPO invoked Business Continuity Planning. Core team formed to manage COVID19. Preparations for “work from home” started.

March 9 2020

• Mandatory quarantine of 14 days for all the people traveling across the countries
• Responding to the COVID19 situation in Greater Seattle area in the US, Bothell office starts “work from home”.
• People working from client locations followed the client’s advisory.

March 4 2020

• Travel advisory issued to avoid any non-mandatory travel.
• February 2020
• Awareness drive started in all the locations.
• Posters and sanitizers (hand rubs) placed prominently in the offices.
• Enhanced cleaning started

February 2020

• Awareness drive started in all the locations.  
• Posters and sanitizers (hand rubs) placed prominently in the offices.  
• Enhanced cleaning started