Working from home is not a new concept. Yet, since March 2020 an increasing number of enterprises around the world –including giant tech companies such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter– have announced their plans to continue granting employees the option of working remotely to anyone who wishes to do so, as nations keep on fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.
Researchers and economists have found that the new working-from-home economy possesses challenges as well as benefits, bringing societal impacts caused by the massive transition to widespread remote work. The sudden increase of people working from home is visibly changing the face and soul of the cities, especially the large ones.
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