Many of us have had the displeasure of hearing the smug motto “if you’re on time, you’re late.” At least Fortune has while doing man-on-the-street interviews in the corporate desert known more commonly as the Financial District in New York City. But it seems as if the expression could be growing just as outdated as “the bees knees.”
The rules of work were thrown into the air when the pandemic first struck, like a game of 52-card pickup. And office workers found themselves at the epicenter of many new debates. When people can work from home or in an office, what does “getting in late” really mean?
