What's the Point of the Office Again? | Asharq AL-awsat
A Over the past few weeks, I’ve spoken with managers and employees about returning to the workplace. Behind every person’s individual concern is one overarching, almost philosophical conundrum: What’s the point of the office? “That’s the right question,” says Alexandra Samuel, co-author of “Remote, Inc.” “And any organization that isn’t asking that question is going to run into trouble because every employee’s thinking it.” It’s understandable. People worked from home — once derided as “shirking from home” — for a year, and the sky didn’t fall. In fact...