This. As the understanding of the permanence of the situation will dawn on the masses, no high-value worker will be willing to risk their health for a work they could be doing from home.
Our tiny company has been remote since March. We started experimenting modestly in 2018 after drastic company changes. We used remote work as a forcing function and to expose inefficiencies in knowledge institutionalization. It revealed all the knowledge that wasn't transferred to the company, which put us at risk when someone was absent.
The rationale in 2019 was to maximize team member health and wellness. Commuting was really hard, so we experimented with one day working remotely, and sometimes a week working remotely. This gave us enough practice to function during the pandemic.
We also did it because we knew that we will have to at some point, so we might as well train for it. And we had to with COVID.
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The rationale in 2019 was to maximize team member health and wellness. Commuting was really hard, so we experimented with one day working remotely, and sometimes a week working remotely. This gave us enough practice to function during the pandemic.
We also did it because we knew that we will have to at some point, so we might as well train for it. And we had to with COVID.
big-mama.io, but you probably never heard of us.