This pandemic could change the way we work forever

By Iain Parker2020-03-30T10:04:00

Being forced to work from home may reveal the benefits of remote working to many companies that have previously resisted the trend

Society and business find themselves in truly challenging and unique times, completely unprecedented. While one could write many column inches on covid-19 and its potential short-term, medium-term and long-term impacts, I want to focus on the obvious implications of remote working for the industry and how the current forced regime has the potential to change working patterns forever.

Remote working allows people to work outside of a traditional office environment, based on the concept that tasks do not need to be done in a specific place to be executed successfully – which I acknowledge is not a new concept.

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