Work remote, get paid less? The battle dividing offices will define the future of work

‘The case for going into an office regularly is having to be made to the workforce – and many are rejecting it.’ Photograph: Nuthawut Somsuk/Getty Images

The world of work was already quite sick before the coronavirus took hold, but the pandemic put rocket boosters on cultural change.

We can see the impact of this in every metric around work: during the Great Resignation of 2021, millions of American workers resigned en masse. Workers worldwide have declared that they would quit their jobs if not provided with flexibility.