""It just seems kind of nutty," Peter Cappelli tells Fortune, on a Zoom call, as he and his co-author, Ranya Nehmeh, discuss their new, aptly titled book, " In Praise of the Office." The last five years have been quite a journey from fully remote work to an uneasy hybrid truce to a battle by many big companies to bring workers back five days a week, to wherever we are now."
"Cappelli said it's just obvious to him how much worse it is for his own organization. "Fine for me!," he said, "but bad for everybody else. Fears for the future What he and Nehmeh found, they told Fortune, is that remote work has only become "increasingly problematic over time." It's understandable that it's proved sticky, since it succeeded remarkably during the pandemic."
Remote work delivered strong short-term productivity during the pandemic but has grown increasingly problematic over time. Widespread remote and hybrid arrangements have reduced in-person interactions, weakened mentorship and development for junior staff, and hollowed out office ecosystems that support organizational functioning. Senior or tenured workers may benefit from flexibility, while less-experienced employees and the organization as a whole suffer from fewer learning opportunities and diminished collaboration. These dynamics have prompted some executives to insist on more in-office time and question whether remote-first arrangements are sustainable for long-term talent development and company performance.
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