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The Case for Letting People Work from Home Forever
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The Case for Letting People Work from Home Forever

Do you want happier, productive, more engaged, and more fulfilled employees and co-workers? Well, you should campaign to let them work remotely. Here’s why.

Jaclyn Greenberg
Wired, 2021
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Post-pandemic, will you go back to the office or continue working from home? When her son was born with disabilities, Jaclyn Greenberg made the hard choice to quit her office job. In this article, she muses about what might have been, and what could still be for employees, now that the COVID-19 pandemic has proved the viability of remote work. While some extroverts might insist upon going back to the office, most employees, it seems, prefer flexible options. Greenberg offers a compelling argument for the benefits of remote work.

Take-Aways

  • Strict office schedules force people to choose between career and family obligations.
  • Americans spend more than 200 hours a year, on average, commuting to and from the office.
  • New technologies have made remote work more feasible than ever before, allowing employees to work where and when they’re most productive.

About the Author

Jaclyn Greenberg is a freelance writer. Her work has appeared in the Huffington Post, Parents magazine and Wired, among other publications.

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