After more than a year of digital status meetings and people working from their sofas in pajamas, many companies and employees are seeing an upside to the sudden, mass work-from-home experiment brought on by COVID-19. Businesses are finding that they can save money on office space and utilities by having people work offsite, and remote work is making some employees happier. That said, some companies—even traditional stalwarts like Ford Motors—are integrating a hybrid workforce model after the pandemic in order to stay on-trend and competitive.
If you’re thinking about keeping your business remote, or if you’re planning on shifting to a hybrid work environment that utilizes both offsite and onsite employees, here are a few tips to help you smooth out the transition into the post-pandemic “office space."