Nevermind that the flu is officially an epidemic and that the pandemic has thinned out the workforce by 3 million people. Companies are forging full steam ahead with their return-to-office plans, attempting to make the case for togetherness, in-person collaboration, and camaraderie. The big question now is precisely how to sweeten the deal.
“We are really talking about treating the office as a destination, not an obligation,” Elizabeth Brink, a workplace expert at architecture firm Gensler, told the Los Angeles Times. Simply put, offices must provide something worth traveling for to lure employees back in.
