Re:What coronavirus will do to our offices and homes
by mercer on Monday August 24, 2020 @07:37AM
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You're in the US though, right (based on your username)?
Over here in The Netherlands, for one, I imagine a ton of workers aren't back in the office because our government is actively encouraging people to work from home. From what I can tell it's not mandatory, and I've heard from a few friends that they're back in the office more, but all those who aren't 'strongly encouraged' don't seem to have any desire to be in the office for four days a week and instead only show up sporadically (for meetings and whatnots), if at all.
While as a WFH freelancer I can't tell for sure how things are working these days, I've noticed a few things:
1. whenever I go to my coworking space, it's still much quieter than usual.
2. in the morning I hear fewer people leave the apartment block, and fewer cars leaving the area.
3. official numbers of people using public transport (quite common here) are something like 40% down.
Over here in The Netherlands, for one, I imagine a ton of workers aren't back in the office because our government is actively encouraging people to work from home. From what I can tell it's not mandatory, and I've heard from a few friends that they're back in the office more, but all those who aren't 'strongly encouraged' don't seem to have any desire to be in the office for four days a week and instead only show up sporadically (for meetings and whatnots), if at all.
While as a WFH freelancer I can't tell for sure how things are working these days, I've noticed a few things:
1. whenever I go to my coworking space, it's still much quieter than usual.
2. in the morning I hear fewer people leave the apartment block, and fewer cars leaving the area.
3. official numbers of people using public transport (quite common here) are something like 40% down.