One of my neighbors works from home 100%. Her husband works from home two days per week. During the covid lockdowns, any employee who could do their job at home - did. After covid, it seemed like that would continue.
But then CEO's pushed back with mandates to come into the office. Workers pushed back because they like WFH, claiming (with evidence) that they're still productive.
Managers and CEO's do have a point. According to one of them, WFH can be temporarily successful - but only if the business is already a healthy one.
Another says that there's less energy with remote work because there's less connection and collaboration between employees. In-person work seems to produce an energetic creativity that isn't duplicated over remote screens.
The debate goes on. But cities have a serious situation on their hands. They think that a lot of workers are gone from the downtowns . . for good.
Commuters have left and they're not coming back - an urban catastrophe, according to a Forbes writer.
from Fortune
(cont'd tomorrow)
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