· machCon · New Ways of Working · 1 min read
A shrinking world
Remote work became the norm during the pandemic, reshaping professional networks and changing how employees interact with colleagues.
During the pandemic remote work became normality. Fewer than 30% of knowledge workers around the world are working from the office every day. This means that many employees are interacting with far fewer co-workers during the day than they used to at their desks before. Sending messages to co-workers who you don’t know well for no work-related reason would feel pretty weird. Colleagues who used to be a small part of workers’ office lives are now effectively ghosts.
