Big issue with work from home debate everyone keeps ignoring

News.com.au - 20/09
The working-from-home versus in-office debate is well and truly raging right now, but it seems there is still one major issue that keeps being ignored by both employers and employees.

The working-from-home versus in-office debate is well and truly raging right now, but it seems there is still one major issue that keeps being ignored by both employers and employees.

At the moment, there is a glaring divide in what people believe the future of working looks like when it comes to either being in the office, working remotely or having a mix of both.

For many workers in the pre-Covid era, being in the office five days a week was the norm, and it likely never even crossed their minds whether it was possible to do their job from home. Sure, there were those that had remote jobs, but it definitely wasn’t the standard.

Then the pandemic came, and lockdowns meant companies were forced to adapt, which made many office workers realise that remote work actually was a possibility and, in many cases, made it a lot easier to have a healthier work-life balance.

So, even once lockdowns and social distancing rules became a distant memory, that new-found flexibility remained, resulting i...
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