Descriptive review. Effects of the return to the offices after no face-to-face interaction on American employees between 2020 and 2022

Abstract

This article sought to present the changes in the workplace and the effects the return to the office had on American workers, which have been documented in the post-pandemic, through a descriptive investigation based on the bibliographic analysis of different studies on the matter. This work evidenced that some of the effects in different American countries were linked to their economic situation before the pandemic; moreover, there is no in-depth analysis of the psychological effects it could have had on the American employees. The first phenomenon documented was the great resignation that started in the United States and spread worldwide. This phenomenon explained the labor crisis and the expectations that people had regarding the ways of being employed. Because of this, companies saw the need to consider flexible work alternatives as people have given new meaning to their personal-work life balance. Additionally, the great resignation appears to cover up a mental health challenge in the aftermath of the pandemic.