Collage: Steph Davidson, Getty(2)

Collage: Steph Davidson, Getty(2)

The Big Take

Return-to-Office Is a $1.3 Trillion Problem Few Have Figured Out

Asian workers are coming back, European nations are adopting new policies and US employers are fending for themselves.

In the emerging post-pandemic era, most aspects of life have returned to normal. Moviegoers are flocking to cinemas, vacationers jammed airports for summer travel and kids are returning to classrooms.

The one thing that has remained stubbornly fraught: the world of work.