Corporate profits, for instance, steadily rose from the second quarter of 2020 through the end of 2021, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The BEA metric takes into account both revenue growth, reflecting productivity, and cost management, reflecting worker efficiency, Wigert noted. What's more, when managers were surveyed during the pandemic, "on average, [they] gave a higher performance review score to their remote employees compared to their in-office employees," said Brian...

Corporate profits, for instance, steadily rose from the second quarter of 2020 through the end of 2021, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The BEA metric takes into account both revenue growth, reflecting productivity, and cost management, reflecting worker efficiency, Wigert noted. What's more, when managers were surveyed during the pandemic, "on average, [they] gave a higher performance review score to their remote employees compared to their in-office employees," said Brian...