This year, the world of work changed beyond recognition. In Europe and the United States, more than 40 per cent of the labour force worked from home during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In Singapore, droves of office workers deserted their high-rise towers in late March and early April and installed themselves at makeshift desks in their homes.
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