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Dubai: A year after the COVID-19 pandemic had first forced offices to close in the UAE, Work From Home (WFH) is taking a toll on professional and personal lives, blurring the boundaries between the two, and throwing work-life off balance, said employees and employers who still WFH to varying degrees. Once little-known in the pre-pandemic world, fringe trends such as WFH and ‘Zoom’ meetings were thrust into virtually everyone’s lives last March, turning bedrooms into offices and dinner tables into workstations. Family members jostled to find their own space and electronic devices to work...

Dubai: The COVID-19 pandemic has put people under severe financial stress the world over. Whether it is job loss or a salary cut, several people’s incomes have taken a beating. However, there are some who have turned this crisis into an opportunity. Their survival instincts have taken over and helped them make the most of the current challenging times. Gulf News meets a few of them. Madan Kumar Viruthagiri, 32, Indian From construction engineer to fashion entrepreneur Indian expatriate Madan Kumar Viruthagiri, 32, has changed the course of his career and how! From working as a construction...