As organizations make plans to bring their employees back to the office, they would do well to remember this: Many of those workers are anxious. We conducted a survey with 300 working adults who used to work in the office, worked from home during the pandemic, and have been now asked to return to the office starting in the fall. When asked to indicate whether they are feeling anxious about the return, 82% indicated they are. That’s an extraordinarily high number.
