{"id":16129,"date":"2020-04-04T11:12:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T05:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techjockey.com\/blog\/?p=16129"},"modified":"2024-10-03T13:22:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T07:52:35","slug":"impact-of-coronavirus-on-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techjockey.com\/blog\/impact-of-coronavirus-on-businesses","title":{"rendered":"Impact of Coronavirus on Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to WHO, Coronavirus outbreak has been declared as a global pandemic. Companies all around the world are concerned about the spread of this virus as well as the effect it\u2019s going to cost on their business. This pandemic is estimated to cost the world economy around $1Tn as per the present impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This number is likely to increase manifolds. Social distancing as well as lockdowns all over the world are impacting start-ups as well as enterprises conduct their day-today workflows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In India, the impact of this pandemic\nis not just hampering selected sectors, but is also evident across all sectors of\nthe economy. The activities related to venture capital is experiencing a\nslowdown because of social distancing. Meeting with clients and customers are\nhampered to a great extent because of self-isolation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The demand and supply of the\neconomy is negatively influenced, and has forced the industry leaders to lower\ntheir revenue forecasted for the last quarter of financial year 2019-2020.\nAmidst all this chaos, investor sentiments are also hampered, resulting in an\noverall dip in the market economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>IMPACT ON THE CORPORATE INDUSTRY<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With this disturbance in the market, do you think the employment of regular corporate employee is safe? Several reports have estimated that this outbreak in India will result in IT firms decreasing their hiring by 30%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not just hiring, few companies have already announced that they will not be giving any hike to their employees in this financial year. And if the management of corporate companies see a loss after a few months, they may even start laying off their employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, Mastercard cut its growth forecast, Amazon and Nestl\u00e9 has suspend international travel, various airlines cancelling their international flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the virus is spreading in\nIndia so rapidly, consumers are staying at home avoiding all restaurants, stores\nand other businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n