BUILDING A CAREER IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REMOTE WORK MARKET

For many workers, the impact of COVID-19 was largely manifested in one question: can I work from home or am I tied to my workplace? Quarantines, lockdowns and self-isolation have pushed tens of millions of people around the world to work from home, accelerating the experiment of moving employees to remote jobs that gained momentum after COVID-19 broke out. In the midst of a pandemic, the limitations and benefits of remote work have become more apparent. While many people are returning to their jobs as the economy recovers — most can't work remote at all — executives say in surveys that hybrid teleworking models aren't going anywhere for some employees. The virus has overcome the cultural and technological barriers that have prevented remote work in the past, triggering a structural shift in where work takes place, at least for some people. Now that the restrictions have been lifted, another question arises: to what extent will remote work continue?