Appetite grows for office return as coronavirus-fuelled ‘Zoom fatigue’ bites

Appetite grows for office return as coronavirus-fuelled ‘Zoom fatigue’ bites

Rumours of the demise of the traditional office space in light of the current coronavirus pandemic appear to have been greatly exaggerated, according to global powerhouse PwC and other leading companies operating in Dubai.

According to the 2019 Global Workspace Survey from IWG, 50 percent of global employees work outside their office's main headquarters for at least two-and-a-half days a week.

It also revealed that when faced with two similar employment offers, 80 percent of employees would turn down the one that didn't offer flexible working.

And that was before the onset of coronavirus.

Earlier in the summer Google announced plans to keep 200,000 full-time and contract employees working remotely until at least July 2021.

While Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the world's largest social network would start “aggressively opening up remote hiring”, expecting roughly