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Fortune
Fortune
Gleb Tsipursky

Sensationalist headlines are fueling employers’ mistrust of remote work. Here’s the data to disprove these myths

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“I would bet 10% or more of our remote staff, especially programmers, have another full-time job! We need to stop this before it escalates and get everyone back to the office.”

That's what the chair of the board of a Fortune 1000 tech company said when I met with the board to help them figure out the company’s plans for permanent post-pandemic work arrangements. Having helped 19 organizations determine their hybrid and remote work plans, I hear such sentiments all too often.

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