Many Employees Long to Stay Home Even as Workplaces Reopen

Many Employees Long to Stay Home Even as Workplaces Reopen
A person working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic in a file photo. Daniel Foster/Flickr
Nicholas Dolinger
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After two years in which remote work has seen an unprecedented renaissance, many workplaces are returning to in-person work. But for many employees, faced with rising costs and onerous commutes, the return to brick-and-mortar offices is far from welcome.

Office occupancy, which hit an all-time low of 14.6 percent in April 2020, has slowly recovered in the ensuing years to a current rate of 43.1 percent, according to data collected by Kastle Systems.