Over the past two years, the entire employee landscape has changed. Employees moved from a traditional nine to five workday to a more flexible model. I personally can wake up on an island in the Caribbean and work the same as I would in Manhattan. I can pick my son up from school and take a meeting in the park while he plays. And I can do laundry and prep dinner on my lunch break.
But working remotely also has its downsides. As humans, we crave routine and each other. Remote work lacks both important components.
Remote work impacts us differently depending on our life circumstances, says Ziv Cohen, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. For single individuals, those who live alone and those who don’t have family nearby, working remotely can be isolating. For those who are by themselves too often ...
