Yes, there is some push for a return to normal and getting workers back into offices.
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Hybrid work is here to stay.
Employers will either embrace the change or find themselves being left behind.
Gains in productivity
Google began under pressure to soften its opposition to remote work in 2020.
But longstanding (and widespread) management concerns that employees working from home would lower productivity have proven unfounded.
Research in the past two years supports these findings.
It just wasnt that great.
Then theres the time spent commuting.
Not having to go into the office every day frees up hours of time to do other things.
Particularly in winter, its nice to not have to leave and arrive home in the dark.
The experience of the pandemic has lowered our tolerance for this old world of work.
Increasing numbers of people are rejecting the idea of pursuing a career at all costs.
The rest of us will settle for the flexibility weve had over the past two years.
No one size fits all.
The downsides of working from home include missing coworkers and losing the benefits of serendipitous conversations.
