Did COVID-19 Improve Our Productivity? After Doing It For Almost Two Years, A Defense Of Remote Work
'Employers willing to accommodate and offer a hybrid work environment to their employees will have an edge in recruiting top young employees," said Stuart H. Clements, an attorney in the Houston office of Chamberlain Hrdlicka.
February 07, 2022 at 01:48 PM
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"The only thing that's changed is everything." That was Apple's catchphrase when it introduced the iPhone 6S — a phone I had for a very long time — to the world in 2015. But that quote also applies to COVID-19. It changed everything about our lives, how we shop, how we eat, how we communicate … and how we work. Like that phone, it — and its ramifications — will be around for a long time.
Everything about our world and work culture changed in March 2020. While the Jamie Dimons, or other CEOs who don't like Zoom meetings, may pray otherwise, there are too many technologically enlightened individuals in the workforce to ignore the benefits of remote work and assume that everything will go back to normal. Nor should it.
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