Mass General Brigham Chief Human Resources Officer Rosemary Sheehan (top left) cautioned that the balance of remote and in-person work may never return to pre-pandemic norms during a panel discussion with 128 Business Council Executive Director Monica Tibbits-Nutt (top right), Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce CEO James Rooney (bottom left) and Tufts University Center for International Environment and Resource Policy Senior Fellow Joe Aiello (bottom right). [Screenshot]
The widespread embrace of remote work during the COVID-19 crisis "opened Pandora's Box" in Massachusetts, setting off an economy-wide evolution that will never fully reverse, the head of human resources for the state's largest employer said Thursday.