For many, the flexibility of working from home was one of the few silver linings of the pandemic. But now, that flexibility seems to be disappearing. In recent weeks, a growing number of companies have started calling their staff back to the office, sparking a major debate about the future of work. Employers say it's about boosting collaboration, innovation, and company culture, but employees are pushing back, with surveys showing many would change jobs to maintain flexibility. Professor Alma McCarthy, the executive dean at the College of Business, Public Policy and Law at University of Galway, joins us to answer: is the golden age of remote work over, or is the genie well and truly out of the bottle with no going back?
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