“Had it not been for being able to work from home — I don’t know how I would be getting paid, you know?” says family advisor Jenna Lee. She’s working remotely — after omicron closed her daughter’s daycare center. Both the COVID-19 pandemic and technologies like Zoom are helping the workplace shift increasingly into remote mode. Only 9% of workers want to return to the office, full time, a Gallup poll shows. It’s a fundamental transformation of the workplace. Employees save time commuting; corporations save money on office space. But some tasks need to be done in person and as COVID-19 creates job shortages, those workers are pushing for better wages and help with childcare.
COVID-19 shifts many more jobs to home base, alters workplace
Gallup poll finds only 9% of workers want to return to the office full time
Senior Correspondent
Senior Correspondent Brenda Flanagan joined NJ Spotlight News in 2013, and focuses on COVID-19, transportation, environmental and immigration issues. The Emmy-award-winning reporter has also worked as an investigative/political correspondent for news departments at WWOR,WNYW and NJN.