![]() ![]() ![]() Most respondents (78%) said that remote and hybrid work improved their overall well-being. 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.Ĭonsider a 2022 survey by Cisco of 28,000 full-time employees around the globe. That means the frustration of a long commute to the office, sitting at your desk in an often-uncomfortable and oppressive open office for eight hours, having a sad desk lunch and unhealthy snacks, and then even more frustration 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. People would feel less isolated if they could hang out and have a beer with their friends instead of working. The problem with such claims is that they’re misleading: They decry the negative impact of remote and hybrid work for well-being, yet they gloss over the damage to well-being caused by the alternative, namely office-centric work. These office-centric traditionalists refer to a number of prominent articles about the dangers of remote work for mental well-being. There is a “core psychological truth, which is we want you to have a feeling of belonging and to feel necessary…I know it’s a hassle to come into the office, but if you’re just sitting in your pajamas in your bedroom, is that the work life you want to live?” Malcolm Gladwell said. ![]()
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