The return to the office is underway, but it shouldn’t mean returning to life as we knew it before COVID-19
Yup, it’s time. Dust off your lunch bag, arrange for a dog walker, buy some clothes that are not also appropriate for taking a quick couch nap. The return to the office is here and there is no looking back. But should there be?
Part of the argument for bringing people to work is that it is what is normal and the pandemic experience was the aberration. But at least from a historical context that is not exactly true and, in fact, working from home actually used to be the norm. In the most primitive agrarian societies, people farmed to live and not much else.
There are other, broader considerations as well. The environment will be a much-discussed topic in the years ahead and it is difficult to argue against the fact that less commuting would mean less environmental damage, to say nothing of car accidents. Companies that insist on having everyone pile on to transit or highways could be seen as doing environmental damage that could be reversed with a change in policy.
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