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When the pandemic hit, First Workings made the difficult decision to shift from in-person internships to one-on-one virtual mentorships instead. “Our main priority was providing opportunities for students to build social capital, while mitigating the disengagement seen in a virtual environment,” Davis said. The mentorship program included frequent meetings between students and First Meetings staff, mental health check-ins and a stipend to help mitigate the lack of in-person work opportuniti...

Facebook is allowing certain employees to work remotely full time as part of its new policy. And Twitter told employees they can continue working from home "forever" if they wish. For the most part, workers applaud this new approach. Vaccinated or not, more than half of employees said that, given the option, they would want to keep working from home even after the coronavirus crisis subsides, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. Before the Covid-19 outbreak, only 7% of workers in...