Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Types of Office Work and the Location and Design of the Workplace
Something that seems to get lost in discussions of hybrid work arrangements is the fact that not all employees who toil away in offices do the same sort of work. Some employees are doing more tactical tasks. For example, they may be processing information in ways they’ve done many times before or using protocols that are quite structured, detailed and straightforward. These are jobs where little is left to the imagination regarding next steps and assignments are pretty routine. Sometimes this work requires interacting with others, but often it doesn’t. When people are doing routine tactical work that doesn’t require any real interaction with other employees, working from anywhere can be a fine way to go. Real estate doesn’t need to be rented or workplaces provided for these employees and people from anywhere can be hired (many of these jobs are already being done by workers outside the first world …
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