In Control at 50+: How to Succeed in the New World of Work

7

Remote Work

Remote work defines the new world of work. It was a global movement before the pandemic, but its acceptance and reality accelerated during the lockdown. The genie is out of the bottle and things are never going to go back to the way they once were.

Prior to the Covid-19 work-from-home mandates, workers of all ages had begun to request greater autonomy and flexibility in their work lives, and employers were slowly getting on board. In many cases, though, it was a manager-by-manager arrangement and a negotiated perk. Even if a company’s top brass said they were all in on the benefits of a remote workforce and trusted their workers to get the job done like pros and on time, it was more lip service than actuality in many workplaces. ...