The massive experiment underway with office staff working from home won’t end anytime soon. And the New York Times last week reminded people of some less-than-successful remote work experiences of the past.
That included one at Best Buy Co.
The reasons some employers canned flexible work programs were what you would expect: Workers felt less connected to work and thus less loyal, and creativity slowed down. Yet those seem like correctable management mistakes, not unfixable problems with working from home.