Will the office ever be the same after COVID? Not likely. When San Francisco's TaskRabbit announced it would shut down all its offices, the company acknowledged reality: As the pandemic drags on, more and more employees want a hybrid workplace, if not a fully remote one. Chronicle reporter Ryan Kost and Stanford future-of-work guru Nick Bloom join host Demian Bulwa to discuss the benefits and dangers of these mind-blowing shifts. What do today's office workers want? And what are companies doing to meet them where they're at — even if it's three states away? | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will the office ever be the same after COVID? Not likely. When San Francisco's TaskRabbit announced it would shut down all its offices, the company acknowledged reality: As the pandemic drags on, more and more employees want a hybrid workplace, if not a fully remote one. Chronicle reporter Ryan Kost and Stanford future-of-work guru Nick Bloom join host Demian Bulwa to discuss the benefits and dangers of these mind-blowing shifts. What do today's office workers want? And what are companies doing to meet them where they're at — even if it's three states away? | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices