The office isn’t going away, but nor are working from home and hot-desking
Employers will try to shrink their real estate footprints, but the line between workplace and home space will clearly be blurred
03 October 2020 - 07:44
I’m writing these words at my desk in a large open-plan office in midtown Manhattan. Bold, no?
OK, not that bold. The office is mostly empty, and I can get here easily by bike. Plus, hardly anybody in New York City has Covid-19 right now. That may be changing, but for the moment the risks of going in to work seem quite low...
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