- Oct 02, 2020
- Nancye Kirk, Head of Special Projects
The month of March witnessed a sudden, mass exodus as office workers moved out of their workplaces and set up shop in their homes. Bain & Company estimated that roughly 70 percent of white collar workers were working remotely this summer. Most employers and employees alike probably thought it was a short-term thing. But as spring rolled into summer and autumn has now arrived, little has changed, and return-to-office dates continue to be pushed back. When will employees return to their offices? Will they ever? Will work location return to the pre-crisis norm once the risk of COVID-19 disappears? Or will this grand experiment usher in a permanent shift in the way work is done?
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