[theboat]

It's important to note that remote work in March/April/May (and perhaps even today) was uniquely coupled with remote life, since most knowledge workers stayed home due to social distancing guidelines. It should not be surprising that the boundaries between work and life blurred when life itself came to a standstill.

I'd be surprised to see if the same tendency to blur life and work, such as by working on evenings and weekends, persists once life returns to its previous form.

[Ijumfs]

Many companies are now shifting to full time remote work. The new normal is the new normal, things may never go back to the way they were. And companies might be able to save a lot of money on office space as well. I know in Seattle and Portland, there are quite a few firms who are allowing remote work because of issues of safety as well, chaos and disorder combined with a pandemic creates a new set of challenges we've never had to deal with before in concert.

[theboat]

Correct, which is why I'd like to see this same analysis redone once social distancing is relaxed and the situation on the ground (e.g. in Seattle/Portland) stabilizes, but people are still working from home.