Employee of future will want to work in office
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The pandemic strongly affected the work culture and the development of employees' skills. We are all seeing the rapid and global rise in the popularity of digital tools that have allowed us to work during isolation. Online communication and work management through internet platforms are a new reality. Experts see the many possible consequences of this change – both good and bad. Working online and using the new technology can make the older generation catch up with young people who are great in the digital world. This may mean that our contact with children will improve – we will understand their world better and be able to minimize the undesirable consequences of living in the online space. However, we probably will not move to remote work forever. As soon as the epidemic stops, we will observe the rebellion of employees – wanting to return to their offices.
"Workers will be forced to live on a drip of new technical skills. However, I believe there will be post-Covid workers revolt against working from home. Forcing to work online is the worst version of work," Professor Krzysztof Obłój, an economist, told eNewsroom.
"Let's look at, for example, teaching students. I teach from my own laptop, using my own equipment, which costs quite a lot. I sit in my own room, at my desk, in my own chair. Nobody paid for it, my university paid no costs. I use my electricity and my water to serve my university students. And if I go to the kitchen and fall over on the way – am I insured or not? It won't take long. When the pandemic ends, all employees will return to work and say, that they do not agree to work online non-stop. Remote work will become a standard – but only at the employee's request. Otherwise, it would require an incredible change in labor law regulations. We are not prepared for it. Therefore, after the pandemic, we will return with pleasure for offices – treating online as something that is our privilege, not an obligation imposed by the company," Obłój predicts.
