4 Remote Working and the Employer

DOI: 10.4324/9781003247050-4

‘We were uniquely positioned to respond quickly and allow folks to work from home given our emphasis on decentralisation and supporting a distributed workforce capable of working from anywhere. The past few months have proven we can make that work’, spokeswoman for Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, 11 May 2021.

‘It is critical that we are all present in our offices. Some of the best decisions and insights come from hallway and cafeteria discussions, meeting new people, and impromptu team meetings. Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home’, internal memo sent by Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!, 22 February 2013.

4.1  Introduction

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