By altering attitudes toward working from home (WFH), COVID-19 may have forever changed the way we work. According to a new MIT study, half of those who were employed before the pandemic are now working remotely. As company executives see for themselves that excellent work can be achieved, and productivity heightened, even in jobs that no one imagined could be done virtually, a growing number of companies, including Facebook and Twitter, are announcing that they will allow employees to work remotely on a permanent basis.
Summary.
COVID-19 has dramatically changed how we view working from home (WFH), which is now a much more widely accepted practice. This would seem on the surface to be an equalizer for women, but the authors describe several potential ways in which it may in fact set women back—and then recommend six steps for managers to take to ensure that the promise of WFH can be fully realized.
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