So what happens when we compare apples to apples? That’s when we need to hear from the horse’s mouth: namely, surveys of employees themselves, who experienced both in-office work before the pandemic, and hybrid and remote work after COVID struck.įor example, new research by LinkedIn from late October 2022 shows that remote work job listings are down from 20% of the listings early this year to only 14%.
#Work life balance working from home series#
That means the frustration of a long commute to the office, sitting at your desk in an often-uncomfortable and oppressive open office for at least 8 hours, having a sad desk lunch and unhealthy snacks, sometimes at an insanely expensive cost, and, for making it through this series of insults, you’re rewarded with even more frustration while commuting back home. What’s in the cards is office-centric work. They could take care of their existing mental health issues if they could visit a therapist. Sure, people would feel less isolated if they could hang out and have a beer with their friends instead of working. It’s like comparing remote and hybrid work to a state of leisure. Yet they gloss over the damage to wellbeing caused by the alternative, namely office-centric work. They decry the negative impact of remote and hybrid work for wellbeing. The trouble with the articles described above - and claims by traditionalist business leaders and gurus - stems from a sneaky misdirection.
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