When Heather Aleinik was laid off from Shopify Inc. last summer, it was"one of the biggest curveballs" of her career.
"People get healthier when they're at home. They have better relationships with their family, they can manage childcare." Mark Zuckerberg even hypothesized Meta, then called Facebook, could have half its staff working remotely within five or 10 years. Video-conferencing pioneer Zoom asked employees who live within 80 kilometres of its offices to be on site two days a week in August.
Other firms have touted office and hybrid work as builders of camaraderie and made it clear that career advancement at their companies depend on in-person interactions.