With the world now into its sixth month of lockdown many countries are at last starting to see signs of life returning to some kind of normal. Chief among the ānew normalā changes is the intention to embrace much higher levels of remote and flexitime working. But is this the silver lining of the coronavirus cloud or just another case of the emperorās new clothes?
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg intends to āaggressively open up remote hiringā
- Twitter says employees ācan work from home foreverā if they wish (but would you want to?!)
- A major UK law firm is closing its London offices and āwonāt ever go back to how we worked before COVID-19ā
But are the benefits really that clear and worth making seismic shifts in working practice for? Letās take a look at some of the advantages and disadvantages of flexitime and more remote working.