Working from home: is it grinding us down?

Surveys suggest a large majority have enjoyed remote working, but others say it is not conducive to an innovative, collaborative culture

Working from home
Moira, a council employee, is pictured working from home as her sons (Leo, six, and Espen, three) complete homeschooling activities
(Image credit: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Boris Johnson has promised that 19 July is the date on which life in England will go back to normal. But even if all restrictions are lifted that day, for many office workers, it is not at all clear what that “normal” will look like, said The Guardian.

Millions have been working from home for well over a year now, and though some are longing to resume their commutes, surveys suggest a large majority have enjoyed remote working – and hope never to go back, full time, to the office. In the coming months, local councils – contemplating the impact, on everything from business rates to transport infrastructure, of an exodus from commercial centres – will be watching anxiously to see how employers respond.

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