It is fair to say, then, that while there were more staff working remotely, the addition of more workers meant more office space was required. The figures appear to tell us that employers were becoming more accepting of remote working long before the Covid-19 crisis. Yet at the same time bigger and better office space was being built and used to entice talent. Brady posits that while there may be slightly less office space per worker, the economy will continue to grow its labour force. So while it remains unclear how things will ultimately end, the trend suggests that employers had been coming around to the idea of their staff occasionally working from home before the pandemic anyway.

Source: The Irish Times September 12, 2020 05:00 UTC