Office work never acknowledged how much labor was being done at home by unpaid workers — usually moms. Now we’ve had a couple generations of women in the workf

Office work never acknowledged how much labor was being done at home by unpaid workers — usually moms. Now we’ve had a couple generations of women in the workforce en masse, partners who have stepped up household responsibilities, longer commutes, and more being asked of all workers. The only time to get household crap done has been late after hours and the weekend, aka “leisure time.” It hasn’t been tenable for a while and now the pandemic showed us another way. This is an improvement. Offices mostly facilitate interruption, but also collaboration on a good day. So much of that can be done virtually. Half-day whiteboard sessions are great IRL, no reason why they can’t be scheduled a day in advance, or later in the day and give people time to get to a common area to do so. The office had its issues and the pandemic is forcing a reckoning of them. Great!