Sam Crosby from Labor thinktank the McKell Institute believes “there are good reasons why for many the novelty of working from home wore out quickly”:
Companies had only been resisting the logic of working from home due to a combination of inertia and fears over optics. Now they’ve been rushed into conducting a 2020 global trial, the initial results are promising.
People, especially those in congested cities like Sydney, are unlikely to be missing their commutes, which studies show lead to lower life satisfaction and higher anxiety. Meanwhile, a number of early international studies indicate productivity has risen as a result of offices losing pre-eminence.
