3 Reasons Remote Work Won’t Last
If you’re planning to stay remote, you should watch out for these issues
Even with the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, a lot of places are still allowing offices to continue re-opening even though they probably shouldn’t be. That means that the option to work from the office may once again be available.
Companies are going to be faced with the question of whether to stay remote across the board, fully bring everyone back to the office, or give people the option. So far it seems like that third option is going to be the most popular — but it’s also the most problematic for employees.
Work-from-home trend among tech companies
Jack Dorsey, the CEO for Twitter and Square, recently announced to both companies their employees will be allowed to continue working from home indefinitely. Facebook followed with their own announcement that their employees may also work remotely (plus some strange comments about pay cuts). These are just a few examples among many. But most companies that announce allowing workers to stay remote are still giving workers the option to return to the office — and that will cause problems.
There are a number of issues that come up when you have a partially remote partially in-person workforce…
