Enthusiasm High for Returning to Office -- With Conditions

Employee enthusiasm is high for returning to the physical office, a year after work-from-home orders began, reported Eden Workplace. The startup markets a suite of software for hybrid offices. It canvassed 1,000 office workers mid-February, finding 85% want to return “in some capacity,” with most citing the desire to reengage with their co-workers as their top rationale. More than six in 10 want strict enforcement of COVID-19 health and safety protocols as a condition, and a quarter would support stiff reprimands against rule flaunters. Two-thirds oppose resuming in-person meetings without mask mandates and social distancing policies in force.