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1、PwC | The costs and benefits of working from home 1 The costs and benefits of working from home PwC | The costs and benefits of working from home 2 Working from home was not an unusual thing in our firm, just as it was normal to work on assignments from a client site. There were many days when the f
2、loors of our own office buildings were not fully occupied. And then, suddenly, brought on by COVID-19, we were all working from home without exceptions and for a longer period. And this turned out to be quite a different situation. We quickly found out that a combination of human flexibility, adapta
3、bility and dedication, supported by an up-to-date technological infrastructure helped us face the new challenges of fully remote working. Albeit in a different way, we got our work done. We got acquainted with each other in new ways, because we got to have a look into our colleagues home situation.
4、We saw spouses, children and other personal peculiarities during our online meetings. We also noticed that working from home impacts people in different ways depending on the circumstances at home but also on a persons character and preferences. From our weekly well-being survey we learned that a lo
5、t of our people could easily do without the daily commute, but that they missed the daily physical contacts with colleagues and clients. This is a time that tests our resilience as individuals and thus as a firm. But also our culture and the ability to seek connections. It is about flexibility, chan
6、ging perspectives and embracing the unknown. I am proud and impressed by the extent to which we succeeded in this time of crisis. Now we are carefully restarting office life, and the challenge is to hold on to all good things that came from the massive change in the way we worked in the past months.