A year in lockdown: Evolution of the work desk
The HinduIt is difficult to sum up what working through March 2020 was like. The perfect frame When Zoom meetings became common place, the work desk had to multi-task — not only holding my laptop, sanitiser, chargers and coffee mug, but also setting me up against a formal, ideally book-laden backdrop. With every performance migrating online — stand-up comedy shows, plays, concerts, you name it — we even donned the garb of decent, screen-friendly spectators, with an impressive knowledge of flattering camera angles. A year of peering into each others’ homes, virtually meetings pets and thinking long and hard about the next online team-building activity, has only brought co-workers together, world over. But through it all, the work desk remained an anchor — a glimpse into normality — we never thought we would need in March 2020.
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