IMPACT OF COVID-19 AND EMPLOYEES REACTION TO CHANGES ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE OF BANGLADESH
Significant changes in how service firms function, influencing staff routines and activities, are referred to as COVID-19 prevalence. Covid-19, also known as corona virus or corona virus, was originally discovered in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and is known as "2019-nCoV." (BBC, 2020). The World Health Organization (WHO) recognized Covid-19 as a new corona virus that presents a threat to world health on February 11, 2020. It exhibits the same characteristics as previous corona virus pandemics (SARS and MERS), but its source is unknown (Zhao et al., 2020: 215). Covid-19 has been dubbed a "pandemic" because of its rapid spread over the globe, signifying a global pandemic (BBC, 2020). Bangladesh's economy is in shambles as a result of the corona virus. Bangladesh began opening its business sector in May 2020 in order to preserve the economy. To mitigate the effect of corona virus, the government has implemented "new normal" guidelines for businesses. The primary goals of this research are to determine how the Covid-19 pandemic has influenced employee performance and to determine the workers' perspectives regarding the changes that have been made to their everyday lives as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic scenario in Bangladesh. To complete this research, employee performance was assessed using the 'Employee Response to Change (ERC)' method. Employees from many sectors have been studied. For this research, 300 people from various sectors were surveyed online at random. The study was quantitative as well as exploratory. It was based solely on original data. The research used a non-probability sampling approach to collect data. The survey questionnaire was sent to those who replied via a Google form. Results and visual representations are found using SPSS and Microsoft Excel. COVID-19 and the reaction to employee changes have a considerable detrimental influence on employee performance, according to all of the study's findings. The employee's focus, communication, and attention to work are all adversely affected by these “new normal” alterations.
Covid-19, Employees Reaction, Employee Performance, Employee changes, Bangladesh.