THE CURRENT → IN OTHER NEWS Issue 823 · August 12, 2020

IS REMOTE WORK THE NEW NORMAL?

Some businesses are taking the work-from-home trend farther than others

IS REMOTE WORK THE NEW NORMAL?

And some people are hoping the trend is permanent.

“I’ve been home for five months and I appreciated that aspect of this very difficult time. I was more productive, healthier,” said Leah Zagelbaum, the vice president for media affairs at Agudath Israel of America. “I’m not ready to go back yet.” Still, Zagelbaum said, she hopes she can start going to the office more regularly in the near future.

So too Cynthia Darrison, the director of institutional advancement at Touro’s Lander College for Women and the director of the Chesed Leadership Program, an organization that helps Jewish women advance at work. “I’m very productive working from home,” she said.

Some businesses are taking the work-from-home trend farther than others. Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter have all announced that that their employees should expect to work remotely at least until the end of 2021.

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