Has Your Office Become a Lonely Place?
With increasing amounts of work getting done outside the traditional corporate office — for example, through employees working at home — those left in the office may face a lonelier, and even less productive, office environment. In fact, working remotely may be contagious, because if many people on a team aren’t in the office much, coming into the office has less benefit for the remaining employees. "Once a certain number of individuals are working offsite, everyone is isolated," write researchers.