One question dominated the work-during-a-pandemic discourse: When and how will employees return to the office? Many enterprise leaders and workplace strategists saw hybrid work as the way forward, splitting time between in-person and remote work modalities in the hope of boosting employee engagement and productivity. But now, squeezed by concerns of the Omicron COVID-19 variant and the ongoing Great Resignation, the future of work is still up for serious debate.
With this uncertainty, many enterprises are revisiting their return-to-office plans. In my most recent WorkSpace Connect article, I argued that the Omicron variant would usher in a new wave of companies pushing back their return-to-office date.
