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(Trends Wide) — Martha Stewart jumped right into the controversial debate over remote and on-site work.
In an interview with Footwear News magazine, the writer, TV presenter and businesswoman lashed out at hybrid work culture, saying it’s “impossible for people to do everything by working three days a week in the office and two days a week.” distance”.
Stewart’s comments come as more executives push to end the work-from-home trend, which took hold more than three years ago at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Martha Stewart
Stewart compared the state of in-person work in the United States to France, a country he called “not very prosperous.”
“Look at the success of France with their stupid… you know, I’m off in August, blah blah blah. It’s not a very prosperous country. Should the US go down the drain because people don’t want to go back to work?”
Stewart told the magazine that he is in a “wonderful race” to get the people of America back into the office.
Stewart is not the only high-level figure who strongly advocates in-person work. CEOs of many banks, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, have asked some employees to return to work five days a week in the past two years.
More recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been even tougher on the work-from-home trend, calling it “morally wrong.”
The question of whether face-to-face work is necessary boiled over three years ago, when many companies decided to send most white-collar employees home at the start of the covid-19 pandemic. Since then, the office culture still hasn’t changed.
After the covid-19 pandemic, the office culture has not yet fully recovered. According to Kastle Systems data, average office occupancy this week is still around 48% of pre-pandemic levels.
Many offices have hit the middle ground with employees, embracing hybrid work models, meaning workers can continue to work from home on certain days of the week.
However, remote work has its defenders. Some workers have told Trends Wide that the ability to work remotely has changed their lives for the better and that they would rather quit their jobs than return to on-site work.
“Some people work better from home. I never wake up afraid of work because I’m in the comfort of my home,” copywriter Ryan Bernsten told Trends Wide last year.
