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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Gene Marks

Is the work-from-home debate already over?

A videoconference meeting on a laptop screen
Big-name corporate leaders are pushing back against remote work and Zoom. Photograph: Andrew Angelov/Alamy

I think we can all agree that, for the most part and thankfully, the worst of the Covid pandemic is over. People are getting back to their normal lives. But does a “normal life” mean coming back to the office? That’s up for debate. And what a debate it is.

Workers at AT&T say they’re being forced to return to the office early and have started a Change.org petition to make their company’s pandemic work-from-home policies permanent. Apple employees, upset with their company’s return-to-office orders, have launched a petition saying the company has risked stifling diversity and staff wellbeing by restricting their ability to work remotely.

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