Remote vs In Person Work

Should companies adopt remote or in-person work policies?

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A Case Study - Suzy

• Suzy is an employee at a local tech company.

• The employees worked remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A Case Study - What should Suzy choose?

• Currently, the company is deciding if employees should continue working from home.

• For their next meeting, Suzy's manager asks Suzy to prepare a possible solution of what the company should do. She is asked to provide evidence to back up her thoughts.

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Suzy starts off by thinking about what she has already learned about the subject:

• A popular business blog wrote that communication and teamwork suffer in remote work environments.
• A general manager explained on a podcast that fewer employees were taking off sick days when allowed to work from home.

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Suzy decides to supplement her reading with a few trade journals:

• One trade journal suggests that many employees find a more stable work-life balance working from home and have also experienced improved mental health.
• Another journal explains that some employees have suffered mentally from working in an isolated environment at home.

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Suzy has found information that supports both remote and in-office work policies. She decides that she needs to consider the needs of her specific company:

• There are some employees that have thrived while working from home.
• Others miss their past in-office experience.

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What Would Your Solution Be?

• Suzy decides to present a hybrid approach which includes the following:
• Allowing employees to work from either location.
• Requiring all employees to attend an in-person meeting twice a month.
• Putting better communication practices in place, such as daily check-ins.”

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