TELECOMS & SUSTAINABILITY remotely ; and T-Mobile Collaborate , a suite of mobile-first , cloud-based tools for business calling , messaging and conferencing from virtually any device , anywhere .
“ The pandemic pushed the fast forward button on the future of work , giving us a decade ’ s worth of progress in a year ’ s time . And it ’ s clear that work will never be the same ,” commented T-Mobile CEO , Mike Sievert . “ Tomorrow ’ s workplace won ’ t be anything like the old work from office world , and it won ’ t be like today ’ s work from home world . It ’ ll be something new : the work from anywhere ( WFX ) world .
If T-Mobile can lead the charge , – lighting , as Erlandsson put it , a fire beneath
74 % of professionals believe that remote work is “ the new normal ”
the butts of the competition – then it might provide the necessary pull that enterprises need in order to start thinking about the subsidisation of their employees ’ connectivity as being just as necessary as heating their offices in the wintertime , or validating parking tickets . Erlandsson reflects in closing that , “ Nothing is straightforward , and nothing is easy , but this is the direction of where we ' re headed . It ' s always easy , when you look at it from the company ' s point of view to ask how to save a buck here and a buck there . But it ' s important to look at the ramifications and make an effort to understand the effect that these sort of changes can have on employees ' quality of life and society as a whole .”
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