After more than two years of remote work, many employees have no interest in returning to the office — at least not without good reason. Employers have responded in kind, more or less, with tech companies in particular offering generous work from home and hybrid work options. Not all businesses are behind the changes, but there’s no denying that the pandemic rewrote the rules around the workplace — quite possibly for good.
Shifts to a mostly remote workforce don’t happen overnight, however. According to ActivTrak, 41% of organizations didn’t have a dedicated remote work policy in place as of May 2020. And when the shifts do happen, they’re not always graceful. One survey suggests that nearly half of employees — 46% — find remote work, at least in the early stages, can make it more difficult to maintain professional relationships with key stakeholders.
Brett Martin, the co-founder and president of Kumospace, believes a core piece to easing the transition is workplace collaboration tools — especially video chat tools that foster a “virtual office” feeling. He’s biased, of course — Kumospace sells a video chat platform. But Martin says the proof is …
