Offices can be inefficient, productivity-killing spreaders of infectious disease, and a lot of people can’t wait to go back
An employee works alone in a large, otherwise empty training room at an Atlanta accounting firm, where most employees now work from home, July 7, 2020. Photo: Robin Rayne/Zuma Press By Irving Wladawsky-Berger Jul 12, 2020 9:52 am ET What If Working From Home Goes on … Forever? That’s the question science and technology journalist Clive Thompson asks in a recent New York Times Magazine article.
Remote work, aka telecommuting, has been around for decades. But it took off in the mid-late 1990s with the explosive growth of the internet. Some even predicted that the internet would lead to the decline of cities, because it would enable people to work, be in touch with friends and colleagues, and shop from home.
Home working led to a 13% performance increase, of which about 9% was from working more minutes per shift -- fewer breaks and sick days -- and 4% from more calls per minute, attributed to a quieter working environment, according to the paper: “Home workers also reported improved work satisfaction and experienced less turnover, but their promotion rate conditional on performance fell.
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