COVID changed what going into the office looks like. There’s no clear path to return
At this point, a lot of companies are still trying to figure out what the new normal will look like. Author: Sarah Mulholland (Colorado Public Radio News) Published: 8:22 AM MDT May 12, 2021 Updated: 8:22 AM MDT May 12, 2021
CENTENNIAL, Colo Colorado companies are facing the big question about how to bring people back to the office now that vaccinations are widely available across the state.
At this point, a lot of companies are still trying to figure out what the new normal will look like. But just about every business leader uses the same word to discuss their nascent plans flexibility.
A quiet hallway in the Metropolitan Building in Downtown Denver. May 5, 2021.
The pandemic has changed us. It’s changed the way we interact with each other, it’s changed how we go out in public, it’s changed how we shop and it has certainly changed the way we work, in and out of the office.
Now, more and more people are getting fully vaccinated, but going back is proving to be complicated. Some people like or need remote work and some companies like the idea of paying for less office space. Others need a lunch crowd to survive. And some workers never left the buildings their jobs are in. The one thing that is certain is that this is uncharted territory.