"It's the work-life balance that comes with being able to work from home, being able to have a hybrid work environment that's really 6appealing to workers."
Kim Parker, Director of Pew Social Trends Research, says women especially 7cite potential challenges of returning to the office full-time.
"We did find that women were a little more likely than men to say that they would probably leave their job if they no longer had the option of working at home. And we know from our 8prior research that the 9caregiving 10burden does 11fall more heavily on women."
Sarah Perry, a professor of management at Baylor University, says employers should be specific about any major switch in policy.
"The reasons why, what we're hoping to get out of it, and how we're going to do this. How is it going to look? How are we going to take care of you 12in the midst of this? So, what are the types of 13flexibility that you'll still have?"
And employees should 14inquire about any new lines between time on and time off.
"Employees should 15trigger these conversations so that they are had. What are the expectations now as a team, as coworkers? Are we gonna respond to emails at night? Are we going to try to maybe build better 16boundaries back in?"