Executives are realising that work-from-home means more than just email and videoconferencing. — Tumisu/Pixabay
Call it teething problems, disorganisation or plain Luddism: the first few weeks of working from home were, for many, far from smooth.
Set aside for a second the impact of hunkering down with children, paramours and housemates. The coronavirus lockdowns revealed a deep division even between white-collar workers: those employed by companies that have invested in what it takes for employees to switch truly seamlessly between the office and working from home, and those employed by companies that haven’t. Many people discovered it was a myth they could do their job just as easily from the dining room table. What might be de rigueur in Silicon Valley is far from normal elsewhere.
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