Covid-19 could cause permanent shift towards home working
by Alex Hern Technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#50NY5)
Tech firms will benefit, but some companies could find employees don't want to return to the office
Covid-19 could permanently shift working patterns as companies forced to embrace remote working by the pandemic find that their employees do not want to return to the office once the closures are lifted.
The sudden increase in working from home is presenting problems as well as opportunities: on the one hand, startups such as Slack and Zoom and established giants including Google and Microsoft are offering their tools for free, in the hope that people who start using them in a crisis may carry on once normality returns.
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