Here's how the pandemic killed the five-day office work week.
But few of those design concepts have stuck. Instead, offices are becoming less siloed, and less, well, office-like in order to attract employees. Many workers say they'd rather skip their commutes, which have become, unless there's some sort of perk — like free lunch or a yoga class — waiting for them at the office as an added incentive.
Lunch crowds in once bustling business districts thinned out as professionals shifted to working from home. Retailers in residential neighborhoods, meanwhile, got a lift from homebound workers. It is unclear if business districts across the country will ever be as populated as they once were during the work week.
"The talent is driving the agenda, definitely. There was some work-week flexibility pre-COVID, but it was not widely the case that people were working remotely one day a week — unless they were on business travel," said Kathy Wylde, president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, an influential nonprofit group that advocates for businesses. Many employers have decided do adopt a hybrid model of work, with employees splitting their weeks between in-office and remote work.
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