From Monday, Mexico City offices can open doors for their employees with a maximum capacity of 20 percent, more than a year after the decree to close these places was issued, in March 2020, due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The incarceration call in Mexico and the world caused a wonderful experiment on home office (work from home), which divided opinions in companies and sparked endless debates about whether employees are working with the same efficiency from the office. From the office.
But what do recent studies say about it? New research concludes that working remotely is actually making us more productive. A score that can very well tell your boss if he wants you to go back to the office.
According to the study, the booming work from home will increase productivity in the US economy by five percent, mostly due to savings in commuting times. The results indicate that the rapid adoption of new technologies amid the pandemic will bring lasting economic gains, helping to drive the low productivity that has long plagued global growth.
Not everyone is a supporter of telecommuting. CEO of Goldman Sachs GroupDavid Solomon has described telecommuting as a “perversion” that the investment bank will “correct as quickly as possible,” arguing that it is especially necessary for new recruits to absorb Wall Street culture.
By contrast, CEO Mark Zuckerberg claims that the prospect of hiring engineers is far from likely The social networking site Facebook New talent pools opened, and many employees will continue to work remotely after the pandemic, with salaries more in line with their new locations.
The study surveyed more than 30,000 American workers to assess whether these work arrangements that began as a temporary solution would continue once the infection subsides. The research revealed that 20 percent of full working hours will take place from home after the pandemic, compared to only 5 percent before, but much less than at the height of the crisis.
The results come as companies around the world continue to announce home business deals and reduce office space. HSBC It announced it will remove the executive floor from its London headquarters, Canary Wharf, and convert private offices for senior managers into client conference rooms and collaboration spaces. Twitter She said her employees can continue to work from home permanently.
This experience exacerbated racial and economic disparities in the United States, where many lower-paying jobs in food preparation and other essential industries cannot be performed remotely, which may put these workers in a higher position. .
The study says the benefits of working from home “will fall disproportionately on highly educated and well-paid people.”
Better-than-expected experience, technology innovations and investments, and the constant fear of crowds and contagion allowed new working arrangements under this method, according to research by José María Barreiro of the Independent Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM), Nicholas Bloom of Stanford University and Stephen J. Davis of the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago and the Hoover Institution.
