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At the peak of the COViDT pandemic 35 percent of ernpoyees were working `rom
home. About 14 percent continue to do :o, rughly double the pre-pandernic rate.
R Remotewor k prevalence and preference vary by dernograpnic cnaracter;stICs, income
leve;, occupanon, and political and ideolgica. onenration.
SErnpioyee outcomes include increased oroducTivity and cots and savings in time and
money. IncreSOaf eectronic monrtoring Ly ernlye.r ha ited ncated ncreEa-!o
in wrker autonorny. Working from home may harm ermpLyees rental and physical
health,
 Enpoyers benefited from increased worker produc ivity and the oppor unity to reduce
real Pstate foo-prints and costs. However, they faced challenges w th comparny cul-
ture, Cyeecuriy, and ne w legal risks associated wtth ecoal treatment of in-office and
remote employees,
he future of rermote w rk wi be determined by a market-diriven negotiation process
betwer. workrs and ernpooyers navting i the costs and beneits oi nlin wrk.

The first office was built in London in 1726 to
manage trade with other patis of the British
Empire. The early office offered unprecedented
opportunitdes for the agg omeration of talent,
faster conmuniation, and accelerated innovataon,
Almost 300 years later, the US boasts 5.6 million
commercial buidings, which collectively account
for 71 percent of American floor Space. in many
ways, the idea of the office has beonte inex rcably
linked to our idea of work and w'ould have liky
continued unchallenged whout the CVI)9 i
pandemic, which has dramatically accelerated th c
shift to remote work and work in frorn hone

In March 2020, the percentage of workers tele-
commuting skyrocketed from B percent to 3> per-
cent. It continues to hover arond 14 percent,
alnost double its pre-panenic lnel
in the fail of 2020, Mathew Leger and I pub-
lished a report on the trade-offs o f uiy remote
work Nearly a year later, some of the anticipated
benerfts and dravlbacks hItave been realized, and
others urned out more corplicatcd than mninally
expected. In the meantime, data on remote work
have begun to accumulate, te 1ng us something
about w hat happened and what may happen next,

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