The threat of recession amid a shrinking economy may force a return to the office for employees. Or the end to the office as we know it. Those are the two wildly differing opinions emerging on the future of the work-from-home movement.
The threat of recession amid a shrinking economy may force a return to the office for employees. Or the end to the office as we know it.
However, another school of thought posits a contracting economy all but cements a permanent work-from-home, or hybrid model. It’s the only logical solution moving forward with productivity and employee satisfaction up among at-home workers and with COVID-19 lingering for years to come. Employees at Yelp Inc. YELP, -2.70% have spoken, and executives there overwhelmingly “came to realize that the future of work at Yelp is remote. It’s best for our employees, and for our business,” Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said in a blog post last week.
Ultimately, workers are reluctant to return to a 9-to-5 job and — if forced to — will continue to quit. In April, 4.4 million people quit their jobs, about the same as March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The next update is due July 6.
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