The pandemic forced many companies across the world to close their offices and direct their employees to work from home indefinitely. A large segment of the global workforce has been forced to experiment with remote work on a scale never seen before due to the pandemic – and a lot has changed since then.
And almost after more than a year of global pandemic, there are many companies that are planning to remain fully remote post-pandemic. While companies like Microsoft and Reddit are taking hybrid approaches, allowing more flexibility, there are also companies that are not considering remote work a long-term trend, thus advising employees to standby. So why aren’t these companies making remote work permanent? Most people will think this has something to do with employee productivity and they are not completely wrong about this. While productivity remains the topmost concern for employers, lack of commitment from employees is also another factor preventing permanent work.