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Originally Posted by Hugh
Google, The Book of Face, and other major US Tech companies expect most of their workers to work from home until 2021 - these companies have very effective (and large) Risk Assessment and Management sections, and they wouldn't be doing this unless they thought there was still a substantial risk to their staff (and their staff are their biggest assets). Google and FB especially are very strong in the Data Analytics and Behavioural Science areas, so their forecasts will be unbiased by political considerations, just H&S/profit based.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/google...CAD-03-10abf6j |
I’d imagine anyone who can promote home working would for some time to come. Offices are essentially too dangerous to put people into that aren’t required to be there.
Lifts, kitchen spaces, shared bathrooms, secure entry systems, shared meeting rooms, shared equipment, hot desking, air conditioning systems and a general tendency to squeeze as many people as you can into small spaces is exactly the kind of environment viruses thrive in.
I’ve lost count of the number of times over the years I’ve saw the common cold spread around an open plan office.
Add into that how do people actually get there: Public transport. Another broadly dangerous activity with far too many people in close proximity.