By Howard Levitt and Shloka Saini
Imagine sitting on a sandy beach by the water responding to client emails. Many workers took the opportunity to turn this dream into a reality.
Even one of the authors of this column has to confess to the occasional meeting and some transcript readings beachfront at his Atlantic and Pacific homes in Key Biscayne and Nicaragua.
Employees have viewed the pandemic as an opportunity for change, be that relocating to move closer to family or reside in their dream city. The appeal of no longer being stuck in a typical work routine has pushed employees to relocate. But at what cost?
In 2020 and the majority of 2021, the pandemic had no “end” in sight. People assumed that remote work would be the new norm and a return to the office an anomaly. The change in workspaces in 2022 has revealed that a welcome back to the office is occurring and at an increasing rate. Indeed, Elon Musk just announced that all Tesla employees must return to the office or be fired for abandonment. Even on our firm’s Saturday Zoom call, for the first time in several years, virtually everyone was agreeing on the advantages for mentoring, loyalty, office efficiency and productivity to have everyone working together again.
Up until now, those who spoke of the advantages of in-office work appeared to be voices in the wilderness. And our firm certainly was, in June 2020, when we required everyone to return to the office (and, to a person, they...
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