Hybrid
After the pandemic forced home-working for many, do we want to go back to the office? Yes, but less. Research by the Universities of Chicago and Essex found that remote workers worked 30% longer hours with no increase in productivity, and in the US, depression and anxiety quadrupled to 40% of all adults. On the other hand, a Harvard study found 81% of professions would prefer a hybrid work schedule, and companies that have tested a 4-day week have found productivity increases of between 20% (at New Zealand’s Perpetual Guardian) and 40% (in a limited trial at Microsoft Japan).
— Wayne Visser
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