Research Explores The Economic Benefits Of Remote Work During Covid-19

If you're a knowledge worker, the Covid-19 pandemic has almost certainly meant you have grown all too familiar with tools such as Zoom. The wholesale transition to remote working has by and large been successful, with research suggesting that productivity has largely been strong during the pandemic, even if there have been possible consequences for collaboration and innovation. 'If you have the right connectivity, remote working can increase the productivity across the team, but it certainly isn't without issues,' Neil Parker, GM of EMEA at intelligent automation provider Laiye says. 'When you haven't met someone the relationship is inevitably very different, so when you're tackling challenging situations, whether that's collaboration or more disciplinary issues, it can be difficult.'