We Asked Workers Why They’re Not Coming Back to the Office
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We Asked Workers Why They’re Not Coming Back to the Office

Good morning and welcome back?to the Journal's newsletter about the rapidly changing world of work and how to get ahead in your career.

In this edition, we take a look at what's keeping workers away from the office, the state of the labor market, the importance of leisure time and more.

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We Asked Workers Why They’re Not Coming Back to the Office

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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SAM KELLY/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, ISTOCK (2)

At a time when restaurants, planes and concert arenas are packed to the rafters, office buildings remain half full. Thinly populated cubicles and hallways are straining downtown economies and, bosses say, fragmenting corporate cultures as workers lose a sense of engagement. So what’s still keeping American workers out of the office?

Here’s what they had to say.


U.S. Labor Market Shows Resilience With Strong May Hiring

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SCOTT OLSON/GETTY IMAGES

Hiring surged this spring, as U.S. employers added a seasonally adjusted 339,000 jobs in May and the prior two months’ payrolls were revised up by nearly 100,000, the Labor Department said Friday.

For better or worse, the labor market again proved its resilience.


How to Get More Time for Yourself

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RUTH GWILY

If you’re like most Americans, work consumes most of your days. Parenting, errands, and cleaning fill in the cracks. But research finds that people who have less than two hours of free time per day are less happy.?

Take back your ‘me’ time.


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