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As coronavirus shakes up the future of work, how much is it fast-tracking what was already in motion?
Jun 2, 2020
Financial and social considerations deemed impossible by companies are suddenly unquestionable needs.
As employees, we are also finally being seen as human beings too, and as a result employers are taking our mental health seriously.
With the blurring of our home and work spaces, we too feel a greater need to preserve our health.
It’s no secret that COVID-19 has stretched and pushed the modern workforce into uncomfortable territory. In addition to the mental and physical disruptions to our everyday life, we have been catapulted into a new paradigm of work from which we may never, nor want to, return.
Before COVID, employees were already seeking flexible work arrangements. Modern start-up culture had illustrated to many recruiters how the next generation of talent was seeking a new normal: unlimited personal time off (it even had an acronym – PTO), the abolishment of traditional nine-to-five work parameters, and professional accountability. The latter is all about the achievement of milestones outweighing the mere ability to show up and sit at a desk for eight hours, a standard dating back nearly two centuries to the Industrial Revolution.
As countries around the world begin to restart their economies, we may find the future of work to be embedded in that new normal.
Remote work, better late than never
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