If there is going to be any positives from this CoVid pandemic I think one will be that business....

[usaf-vet]

..... are starting to realize that their employees CAN work well and efficiently from home.

My last ten working years were with a client who allowed me to do most of my work from a home office.

Yesterday I had a phone meeting with a tech support individual from a major worldwide tech company. After business was completed, I asked the individual if they were working from home because of CoVid, the answer was yes. I then asked if there was any possibility that they would continue working from home after CoVid; the response was not surprising to me. The tech said that the company had realized that they could close down some of their major call centers and let people work from home with no loss of production.

On a closer personal note, I have a relative that works for a large advertising firm in Boston, MA. Area. She is a graphic artist and has been working from home since February 2020. Saving her a minimum of 90 minutes of commuting each day. That last I heard, she has been able to negotiate a modified work schedule that would require her to be in the office for all planning meetings yet continue to do most of her weekly work from home.

This, in my mind, will be one of the positives of the CoVid pandemic.

[Irish_Dem]

1. They can essentially let employees pay for their own office space.

And sell off the company buildings.

[genxlib]

2. It is good and bad

I think there will be a big movement in that direction and I think Companies will appreciate paying less for office space.


Certainly there are jobs of an independent nature that are fine in isolation. But many people work in teams and rely on others. It is one thing to take an existing team that is used to working together and spread them out. They are on the same page as far as what/how/when things need to happen. It gets much harder to integrate a new member into that team. I can't imagine starting a new job out of college and never meeting your co-workers in person.

Five years from now, I expect a swing in the opposite direction as companies figure out that the losses in productivity, mentorship and collaboration aren't worth it. Meanwhile, I fear that there will be a whole generation of new employees that will be left behind without proper integration into the workplace.