According to a new study, over 50 percent of Americans want to continue working from home after the pandemic ends. In this photo, a teacher talks to colleagues from her home due to the Coronavirus outbreak on April 1, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia."The demand for flexibility in where and how people work has been building for decades," the San Diego-based consulting firm headed by Kate Lister said in a research report.
Benefits from working at home include money saved on commuting, meals and spiffy work clothes, but the downside includes isolation, lack of a suitable workspace, difficulty in collaborating with fellow workers, and family interruptions. Six-year-old Leo and his three-year old brother Espen complete homeschooling activities suggested by the online learning website of their infant school, as his mother Moira, an employee of a regional council, works from home in the village of Marsden, near Huddersfield, northern England on May 15, 2020, during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
"There will be fewer people, restricted collaboration spaces and rotating shifts—all of which will require teams to find new ways to connect and collaborate," the report said."More than anything else, this need for connections is likely to shape what the office is going to represent.
I like working from home. No commute, no having to pay for parking, no distractions from hearing all the other people in the cubicle farm. I don't know how long my company will do this though.