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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Heather Stewart

‘Managers are human too’: leaders left lonely by hybrid working

French office building during national lockdown in 2021
Flexible working practices that have continued since Covid lockdowns are leaving many managers feeling isolated. Photograph: Chesnot/Getty Images

Three years since the first Covid lockdown, the UK’s managers are finding the office a lonelier place, despite relishing the better work-life balance that comes with more flexible arrangements, a new survey finds.

Many previously office-based roles now allow for remote working, after the approach was proven to work during the pandemic, when the government was urging the public to stay at home.

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