Following a survey of its workforce over the last few weeks gauging employee experience with working remotely and reaction to the prospect of returning to its Manhattan offices, Penguin Random House US has confirmed that it will not return to its offices “until sometime next year,” CEO Madeline McIntosh wrote in a letter to staff, adding that the publisher will return “when it’s safe and when it’s practical,” whenever that may be.
“Clearly, we miss being together and would want to quickly get back to the offices if it meant we could safely return to in-person meetings and conversations. But just as clearly, most of us feel that the current state of virus risk means that it would not be comfortable or responsible to come back together in our office spaces anytime soon,” McIntosh wrote. “On the bright side, the vast majority report that, overall, working remotely is going quite well, and some are feeling they prefer it as a long-term solution. Finally, there are some areas and functions where colleagues are reporting ongoing pain points related to technology and infrastructure that have yet to be solved.”
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