He won the adulation of the unemployed with tens of billions in direct CERB payments. And while many WFHers have saved a bundle not driving to work, not bothering to dryclean their clothes or maybe not paying a dog-walker or day care provider, they think these work-related expenses should bring compensation.įirst, Mr. They’ve logged on through their own Internet connections, bought their own highlighters and post-it notes and used their own laptops, printers, scanners and cells. In the meantime, we’re at the end of 2020 and millions have been ‘working’ remotely without pants for up to nine months. Once restaurants, students, immigrants, business travelers, office serfs and tourists return, everything changes. The same can be said of those who don’t see cascading condo values as a potential opportunity. The folks who believe the downtown spires will stay vacant are delusional. Soon they may have to spend hours on the road, move back to urbanity or ferret out another job. They never thought about commuting since, you know, WFH was forever. Lots of urban employees moved to the burbs and beyond as nesting and isolation became their goals.

Then WFH – which affected up to 40% of the workforce – will pose a serious dilemma for many whose overlords expect them to come back to the office – at least on a rotational basis to start. The vaccine will rout the virus at some point, likely in the second half of 2021. (Meanwhile my immediate co-workers and employees have been at their desks in the wee-bank-by-the-sea since the end of April. My corporate colleagues went home in mid-March when the soaring Bay Street tower where they toil shut down amid the first Covid onslaught. Or it may be the Beanie Baby of our times. And, like most workers under the age of 34 (Winston is four) he’s in no hurry to get back to the pasture and have the boss whistle commands. He’s a border collie, raised, bred-in-the-bone and trained to herd sheep.

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