As U.S. Returns to the Office, Europe Has Tips On What to Do—and Not Do
Employers and mental health experts who have been through several lockdowns have some advice for their counterparts across the pond.
A commuter emerges from the Wall Street subway station in New York on May 12. Returning workers in the U.S. and their employers face a host of unprecedented issues, including the unknown consequences of hybrid work schedules and the looming fear that the coronavirus threat will reassert itself.
Photographer: Amir Hamja/BloombergAs millions of Americans begin the process of returning to the workplace, mental health is at its nadir. But in Europe, where many companies have weathered several bouts of lockdowns and office returns, a blueprint of what to do—and not do—has slowly taken shape.
Returning workers in the U.S. and their employers face a host of unprecedented issues, including the unknown consequences of hybrid work schedules and the looming fear that the coronavirus threat will reappear in the form of a vaccine-eluding variant. Rather than play trial and error, U.S. organizations might peer across the pond and consider the continent’s failures and successes.