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Remote Work's Long-Term Effects: Why Dell and Amazon Are Bringing Employees Back
Discover why major companies like Dell and Amazon are ending remote work despite its popularity. This data-driven analysis reveals the hidden productivity and wellbeing challenges of long-term work from home arrangements that are reshaping workplace policies in 2025.
Gallup data indicates remote workers experience more difficulty developing workplace relationships, with 41% reporting weaker connections to company culture compared to in-office counterparts. Mental health concerns have also emerged —a Stanford study tracked increasing isolation among long-term remote workers, with 67% reporting blurred work-life boundaries and difficulty disconnecting after two years of home-based work. Fully remote firms like GitLab and Automattic (the parent company of WordPress) have long built their cultures around asynchronous work, radical transparency, and outcome-based productivity.
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