'What workplace habit became normal after 2020 and isn't going away?': Employees discuss things that have completely changed, for good or bad, after 2020 and never went back to normal

When a certain thing happened in 2020, a lot changed, but I don't think we have gotten back to normal yet…

The events of 2020 were a roller coaster of emotions for everyone. All jobs that could be remote changed to that. All activities that could be remote also changed, and even the ones that weren't. During that time, I remember taking physical education class through a virtual meeting, having to play with my hockey stick and film it with the camera on my cellphone –of course, I almost broke my phone multiple times with the ball. I also remember having to take math classes at 7:30 a.m from my computer, which meant that I never turned my camera on and sometimes even slept through the whole class. It was a mess, but that mess didn't fix itself back to normal when things ended.

Almost every office job became completely remote during that time, and that, 6 years later, seems not to have changed for some. I think that part is one of the best changes that came during that time. Working from home or even from different countries is great, especially when there is no real reason for an employee to go to the office. But some other changes weren't that great. The community was severely affected by that time period. People stopped being friendly with neighbors and coworkers. We all stayed in some kind of bubble that hasn't even popped open, not even to this day. We are closed off to ourselves, making it impossible to make friendships out of everyday interactions.

It has been 6 years, and we still aren't the same we were before. Several things should have gotten back to normal, and others that we really appreciate having nowadays that wouldn't have been possible without the event of 2020. In u/Work, we take a perspective look into the past and present. We see the changes that have molded the workplace into a completely new place, and we value them among the great ones, and the ones we wish would go back to what they were. Maybe there is no going back, but if it were, what would you change back?