The pandemic keeps throwing curveballs when it comes to returning to the office. Several large companies, including tech powerhouses like Amazon, Apple and Google, have been forced to readjust their cautious reopening plans yet again to cope with new variants, new surges and general uncertainty.
No matter whether we’ll have a quarter or half of the employees returning to their desks or whether we work out some fluid version of remote and hybrid models, it’s safe to say that a large percentage of knowledge workers will stay away from their old digs. As a result, managers and HR departments have to stay nimble and creative, as does the IT department.
I speak from experience since I’ve been working remotely for the past 10 years, learning and adopting new tools along the way. Working remotely has changed from being a perk for a select few to the new normal. Embracing this shift long-term requires far-reaching changes in how we think about IT, even compared to the support we provided to sales staff and other road warriors before the pandemic.
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