by Nicole Williams Ruiz (@nwilliams030) and Grant Bailey (@grantjbailey)
Remote work is here to stay. While the technology that makes remote work possible has been around for some time, COVID accelerated its widespread adoption. The characteristics of the rising work-from-home class are well documented. They tend to be white-collar workers and earn higher wages, both within and across occupations. But we know less about the impact of remote work on home life. As Jon Askonas and Michael Toscano note, new technologies have a profound impact on the family. From the machines of the industrial revolution which drew labor out of the household, to the automobile which further sequestered the home away from production, technology has consistently disrupted older family arrangements and made way for new. Remote work is no different.
