Despite a push for employees to return to the office, working from home levels have remained stable. This article explores the reasons behind this trend, suggesting that news coverage might overemphasize companies implementing stricter policies while overlooking those maintaining hybrid arrangements.
Something about the great return to the office does not make sense. For the past few years, all kinds of large employers have been tightening their rules on working from home. They have decided it is time for many of their staff, in the words of British businessman-turned-TV star, Lord Alan Sugar, “to get their bums back into the office”. Not all companies joined Goldman Sachs and Tesla and demanded a full-time return.
Their expansion may be offsetting more noticeable cuts in homeworking at older businesses. Also, the longer hybrid working lasts, the more evident its advantages become for some firms. I sympathise with remote work critics who worry that distracted, atomised home workers can be less productive, less responsive and more disconnected than their in-office counterparts. Some office work is best done in person, especially if it requires real-time checks and fast decisions.
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