(29 Dec 2021, 8:54 am)streetdeckfan wrote People keep saying this and I just think it's a load of rubbish. I give the whole remote working thing another year, at most. In fact, most people I know who had to work from home were literally celebrating when they were allowed back in the office.
The company that one of my friends worked for gave up part of their office space during COVID as they believed remote working was the future, now they're regretting it as everyone wanted to be back in the office, and they actually had a few leave when they were told they didn't have space.
You would think that if the reason for less people using the bus was because they're working from home, then car traffic would also be down as they don't all travel by bus. But no, traffic is worse than it used to be, it's almost as if all that scaremongering about public transport being dirty and dangerous is what stopped people using it!
It's not rubbish at all - the sooner the heads come out of the sand on this, the better. Companies aren't going back - the majority of people are happy at home. The 'great resignation' is all about this flexibility - business recruitment has opened up nationally. It isn't the future - it's the now!
Hybrid actually pushes people into cars. They have to run the car less which makes it cheaper and the lack of flexibility in ticketing makes the car more attractive.