Six Feet Office Beats Six Feet Under

How we can work within social distancing guidelines to make the office a safer space for workers

We’re now on week 417,628 of lockdown. Or is it week 417,629? I can’t quite remember. By this point, I’ve fully settled into my new Working From Home (WFH) lifestyle, with a home-office setup I’ve slowly tweaked to perfection over the months (see pic below).

Although I must confess, I’ve had it easier than many. After waving goodbye to my busy London office, I’m camped out at home with nothing but sweeping fields and rolling hills to see for miles. For that, I’m blessed, as I know plenty of friends and colleagues across the globe — with young kids and limited space — have reached boiling point.

Not to worry though. With lockdown restrictions easing little by little in the UK, the return to the office lots of you so desperately crave is inching closer by the day. Hurrah!

But exactly how will that return look? Just like retail workers who made their way back to the stockrooms and cashier desks of non-essential shops last week, and hospitality workers set to rush between kitchen and table in eateries across England come July 4th, office workers should expect an almost unrecognisable (and I loathe using this now used-to-death phrase) “new normal.”…