Coronavirus will end office culture

Since coronavirus began to spread, a huge amount more people are working remotely as a precautionary measure. Videoconferencing in the US has doubled, and large companies like Twitter and Facebook are encouraging or requiring people to work from home even without any workers having the virus.^[1] This is likely to continually increase as the virus spreads, with even more workplaces putting measures in place in case everyone needs to work from home. As this increases, it is likely that it will have lasting effects even after the threat of coronavirus is gone. It is likely that after an extended period of everyone working from home, many workplaces will permanently increase the amount of work that is done this way as it proves to be productive.^[1] Working from home has several documented benefits, like decreased stress and increased sense of well-being for workers.^[2] As workplaces try a new way of working, it is likely that many will not go back. Coronavirus may be the push that makes remote work the norm.^[3]

[P1] As coronavirus spreads, more and more workplaces will implement work from home policies as a cautionary measure. [P2] Many workplaces are likely to find this is beneficial for their workers, and increase the amount of remote working as a long-term measure.