Remote Work Is Here to Stay, But Office Footprints Likely Won't Shrink

The COVID-19 pandemic will set a “new normal” for the office workplace as companies adopt and integrate remote work practices deployed during the pandemic, according to a new report from Cushman & Wakefield. Consequently, it will morph from a single location to an “ecosystem of different locations and experiences.”

That said, the office isn’t going anywhere, according to the report, which is based on data from Cushman and Wakefield’s “Experience per SF” survey tool. It incorporates pre-pandemic responses with feedback from an additional 50,000 workers and employers worldwide during the current work-from-home environment. The global real estate services firm itself has about 53,000 employees in 400 offices and 60 countries.