Companies to Shrink Offices as Remote Work Becomes ‘New Normal’
- Most employees won’t return to office full time, survey finds
- Poll shows 24% of staff to work from home over 15 days a month
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More than half of companies plan to shrink their offices as working from home becomes a regular fixture after the Covid-19 pandemic ends, according to a survey by Cisco Systems Inc.
Some 53% of larger organizations plan to reduce the size of their office space and more than three quarters will increase work flexibility. Almost all of the respondents were uncomfortable returning to work because they fear contracting the virus, the poll found.