Working from home creates economic winners and losers. It can benefit highly skilled employees but depress others’ wages and make it hard to organize.
When the pandemic hit and tens of millions of American workers suddenly redeployed to their basements and living rooms, it was easy to imagine that their workdays would unfold roughly as before, with communication tools like Slack and Zoom substituting for face-to-face interactions (and maybe with slightly greater multitasking opportunities).