In those long-ago days before the pandemic ushered in a wave of remote work, it was the default assumption for most companies that employees would come into the physical office five days a week. They’d work their average eight to nine hours and go home at the end of the workday. Of course, plenty of companies already had remote or hybrid policies in place, but it certainly wasn’t the norm.
COVID-19 and the ensuing lockdowns upended that model and now, two years later, many companies are still grappling with whether or how to bring employees back to the physical office. Organizations can’t expect things to go back to the way they were before – nor should they.
