While executives, employees, and scholars debate the future of work, the fate of the office lies in wait. Its original identity as the central setting of most of one’s adult life remains threatened by uncertainty over the future of COVID and a newfound skepticism of its true impact on employee productivity. Certainly, there has been plenty of fodder for both sides of the debate: With remote work comes flexibility, an easier ability to provide things like child care, and reduced cost of travel, while on the other hand, those that prefer the office point to benefits like collaboration, face-to-face networking, and improved productivity.
What must not be ignored in these discussions, though, is the significant impact the workplace has on employees who are in the earliest stages of their adult lives.
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