Workers update

Over half of U.S. companies are forcing their employees to attend etiquette classes to remind them how to dress and act in the office after working from home during the pandemic. Workers returning to the office after years of doing their jobs at home have forgotten basic etiquette and workplace norms. Office culture has become so unprofessional that companies are enlisting business training companies to teach their employees how to dress for the office as well as basic standards for respecting shared spaces - like kitchens and communal desk space. 

Axios - Just six of 158 U.S. CEOs said they'll prioritize bringing workers back to the office full-time in 2024...  Executives are increasingly resigned to a world where employees don't come in every day, as hybrid work arrangements — mixing work from home and in-office — become the norm for knowledge workers. "Remote work appears likely to be the most persistent economic legacy of the pandemic," Goldman Sachs economists wrote in a recent note. 20-25% of workers in the U.S. work from home at least part of the week, according to data Goldman cites. That's below a peak of 47% during the pandemic but well above its prior average of around 3%