By Adeola Adejokun

Dr Jones is 70. He should be happy and proud of how far he has come, but this new member of the Septuagenarian gang is worried. The scholar will be retiring in a few weeks and is anxious about paying out of pocket for his health care services.

The jolly good scholar who had looked forward to retirement is also bothered by something else. It is the round-the-clock presence of his youngest son – Tunde – at home. He cannot remember seeing him set out for work in months.

He knows the solution to the two nagging problems – a family meeting. In short, an urgent one. Dr Jones convened the session immediately. After all, distance is no longer a barrier. The new android tablet bought from AltMall and gifted to him by Tunde is the perfect enabler.

‘Yes, Tunde’s older siblings will admonish Tunde to retrace his step career-wise. I will also crowdsource my health care solution from the kids’, Pa Jones mused to himself.

To his surprise, it turns out that Tunde isn’t unemployed after all, and he has been working from the comfort of their home. The family meeting on Zoom was rescheduled twice because it clashed with Tunde’s prescheduled meeting and e-learning session.

Grinning from ear to ear, Tunde calmed the nerves of his anxious dad later that evening. He revealed that his employer, Sterling Bank, has a remote work policy dating back to 2016, which empowers him and many others to work seamlessly from home.

Dr Jones was relieved and joyous. And Tunde took the cue to brag about his unusual employment benefits which surprised his United Arab Emirates, Canada and the United States of America based siblings. Tunde’s perks include a side-hustle grant, gym membership, paternity leave, and Elder Care – a Sterling Bank Health Insurance plan for employees’ aged parents.

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Adeola Adejokun, Head of Public Relations at Sterling Bank, writes from Lagos.