Battling the second wave of COVID-19 in many countries, nearly half of global CEOs surveyed have said they did not expect to return to ‘normal’ by 2022.
According to the findings of the 2021 KPMG CEO Outlook Pulse Survey, 45% of global top honkos executives said that the ‘normal’ course of business would not return until sometime in 2022, as opposed to the 31% who made it later this year Had anticipated 24% of those polled said that their business model was changed forever. Conducted by KPMG in February and March, the study asked 500 global CEOs about their response to the epidemic and the outlook on a three-year horizon. About 55% of CEOs remain concerned about employees’ access to a COVID-19 vaccine, which is affecting their outlook on when employees will return to the workplace; While 90% were considering asking employees to report for duty after vaccination.
However, 34% of global executives remain concerned about misinformation on COVID-19 vaccine safety and could potentially have an option on employees not to select it.
“Before any major decision is taken, CEOs want to be assured that their workforce is protected from this virus,” said Bill Thomas and global CEO KPMG.
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