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How Did the Pandemic Change Work for You?

2025/4/21
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Aki Ito: 疫情期间,许多美国人重新评估了他们与工作的关系。有些人反思了工作与死亡的关联,有些人摆脱了以往的自动驾驶模式,还有些人对为曾经牺牲很多的工作失去后感到震惊,从而思考工作的意义。 疫情改变了人们对工作的看法,这种改变在经济形势好转后依然存在。即使在就业市场低迷的情况下,人们对工作的看法也与2019年大不相同。 疫情期间,远程办公技术的使用激增,这表明未来可能会有更先进的技术来改善远程协作体验。 许多人意识到他们不想再像以前那样长时间工作,他们重新评估了自己的生活方式。 Nicholas Bloom: 远程办公对残疾人士来说是一项巨大的进步,它使更多的人能够参与到工作中来。同时,远程办公也导致城市中心人口减少,人们搬到郊区居住。 疫情期间,员工流动性增加,工作时间减少,但工作人数增加。 混合办公模式对公司来说是有利可图的,因为它可以降低员工流失率,节省办公空间,并且不会影响生产力。 远程办公技术在不断发展,未来可能会有更先进的工具来改善远程协作体验。 Joan Williams: 远程办公已经永久性地改变了人们对工作的期望,人们现在认为自己有权在许多情况下进行混合办公。 疫情期间,人们意识到远程办公是完全可行的,这种观念的转变是永久性的。 远程办公并没有降低员工的生产力,反而在某些情况下有所提高,而且远程办公可以扩大劳动力池。 试图取消或减少混合办公或远程办公的雇主,其动机并非出于经济考虑,而是出于对自身身份和地位的维护。 高层管理人员往往将工作视为其身份认同的核心,因此他们倾向于反对远程办公。 混合办公模式更适合大多数人,尤其是有孩子的中年人和资深员工,而全职远程办公模式则不太适合初级员工。 混合办公模式对少数族裔员工尤为重要,因为他们通常在办公室环境中面临更多挑战。 远程办公需要积极的管理才能有效地进行,尤其是在对年轻员工进行指导和培训方面。 其他发言人:听众分享了疫情期间工作方式改变的个人经历,包括远程办公的利弊,以及工作与生活平衡的重要性。一些人因为疫情期间患病而辞职,另一些人则发现远程办公提高了他们的生产力,但也有人认为面对面服务更有效率和更个性化。疫情也对不同行业的工作方式产生了影响,例如医疗保健和快餐行业。

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The pandemic triggered a reassessment of the relationship between work and life for many Americans. Remote work became prevalent, impacting not only productivity but also the sense of identity tied to a job. The initial 'great resignation' and worker empowerment shifted as the job market changed, but the changed perspectives on work remained.
  • Increased flexibility for white-collar workers
  • Essential workers treated as expendable
  • Reassessment of work-life balance
  • Great Resignation
  • Shifting job market dynamics

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As part of our series looking back on how the pandemic changed us, 5 years on, we examine the way we work. From working remotely to handling childcare needs to coping with being an essential worker, Covid forced innovations and exposed fault lines in the nation’s employment structure. We’ll talk about what we learned and we hear from you: How did the pandemic change how you do your job and think about work?

Guests:

**Nicholas A Bloom, **professor of economics, Stanford University — senior fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

**Joan Williams, **former professor of law, UC Law School San Francisco, and the founding director of the Center for WorkLife Law; UC Hastings College of the Law - author of White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America and the forthcoming title, "Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class"

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