Once companies decide to return to the office, it's going to get real interesting. Can't think of many people that have worked from home for a year that want to go back to a full-time office setting. I know of a few people that have moved and now live hundreds or thousands of miles from their office desk. There is no way that they will ever return.
After a year of not paying for child care, parents are not going to rush back to paying that expense. Most employees are not looking forward to spending an hour or more per day in their vehicles traveling.
Companies will need to be real creative about how office schedules look when this is over. Flex schedules will be the norm. Working in the office does have benefits but...
Originally posted by @1rln+19FM94er.