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MPR News with Angela Davis
Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

What's next for remote work?

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Working from home surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now five years later, many companies are bringing workers back the office.
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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, remote work surged. And many employees came to appreciate how working from home can make it easier to juggle home and job responsibilities.

Minnesota has the highest rate of people working remotely in the Midwest, according to the Minneapolis Federal Reserve. More than a third of workers in the state worked at home at least part time in 2023.

But now, five years after the pandemic, the great experiment of remote work is shaking out. More employers are calling workers back to the office. Two weeks ago, Governor Tim Walz announced that tens of thousands of state employees who have been working partly or fully remote will have to come back to the office at least 50 percent of the time.

Coming up at 9 a.m. on Monday, MPR News host Angela Davis discusses what we’ve learned about remote work and what its future might be.

 And we want to hear from you, too.

What’s been your experience of remote work? How do you describe the pros and cons?

Call us during the 9 a.m. hour at 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828.

Guests:

  • Chris Farrell is a senior economics contributor for MPR News and Marketplace.  

  • Colleen Flaherty Manchester is a professor and faculty director of the Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies in the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. She studies flexible work and other benefits and programs employers offer. 

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