THE BIG ADJUSTMENT
Between the “New Normal” and the “Great Resignation” is the “Big Adjustment” in the Workplace. By: Adam D. Kemper, Managing Partner of The Workplace Law Firm, PLLC
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he way companies employ individuals continues to change, especially during the pandemic and the world’s resulting reaction to it which has been commonly referred to as the “new normal.” The companies that made the “big adjustment” to cater to the needs of their employees and customers survived in the pandemic and continue to thrive today. A major part of the world’s adjustment to the pandemic has been in the workplace setting. Early in the pandemic (think back to February 2020), employees had no choice but to leave
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their normal routine of 9am-5pm office life and learn to work from home, while juggling childcare responsibilities, isolation-related anxiety, fear of or actual exposure to the virus itself, and uncertainty about a variety of things (including continued employment). Employees took months to adjust and once they did, many realized that they actually preferred working from home. When it came time to “bring everyone back to work,” a historic number of employees decided that they would rather resign from their jobs and
