How to make remote work, work for agencies

As 91% of workers are dissatisfied with the return-to-the-office mandate, Nicky Harvey, director of client operations at Tangram, discusses how agencies can make remote work, work for their staff and business.

As companies and a lot of agencies scramble to bring employees back to the office in 2025, many of us have chosen a different path – one that embraces remote work as a core part of our culture.

Forbes reports a staggering 91% of workers are dissatisfied with the mandate to return to the office, and 73% are searching for new jobs. With talent increasingly difficult to retain, agencies that cling to outdated office models risk alienating their workforce.

The stats don’t lie either: productivity hasn’t suffered in remote environments. Stanford professor Nicholas Bloom’s research on remote work found that employees who worked remotely were 13% more productive than their office-based counterparts.

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