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Online retailers in the US posted $791.70 billion in sales in 2020, an increase of 32.4% from $598.02 billion the year before.<ref name="DDCV1ECMR">{{#invoke:cite web || title=Data dive: How COVID-19 impacted ecommerce in 2020|url=https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/article/coronavirus-impact-online-retail/|access-date=27 March 2021 |website=Digital Commerce 360}}</ref> Home delivery orders increased, while indoor restaurant dining shut down due to lockdown orders or low sales.<ref name="Fo18zrty783">{{#invoke:cite web ||last1=Kats|first1=Rimma| title=More Consumers Are Turning to Food Delivery Apps amid Indoor Dining Restrictions|url=https://www.emarketer.com/content/more-consumers-turning-food-delivery-apps-amid-indoor-dining-restrictions|access-date=28 March 2021 |publisher=eMarketer.com}}</ref><ref name="Fo18zrty784">{{#invoke:cite web ||last1=Scotto|first1=Michael| title=NYC Indoor Dining To Shut Down Monday, Cuomo Announces|url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/12/11/cuomo--indoor-dining-to-be-suspended-starting-monday/|access-date=28 March 2021 |publisher=Spectrum News NY1}}</ref> Hackers, [[cybercriminal]]s and scammers took advantage of the changes to launch new online attacks.<ref name="Fo18zrty787">{{#invoke:cite web ||last1=DeLisi|first1=Bill| title=The future of hacking: COVID-19 shifting the way hackers work and who they target|url=https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/93086-the-future-of-hacking-covid-19-shifting-the-way-hackers-work-and-who-they-target|access-date=28 March 2021 |website=SECURITY magazine}}</ref> Education in some countries temporarily shifted from physical attendance to video conferencing.<ref name="Fo18zrty790">{{#invoke:cite web || title=The COVID-19 pandemic has changed education forever. This is how|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/coronavirus-education-global-covid19-online-digital-learning/|access-date=28 March 2021 |website=World Economic Forum|date=29 April 2020 }}</ref> Massive layoffs shrank the airline, travel, hospitality, and other industries.<ref name="Fo18zrty6966">{{#invoke:cite news ||last1=Benshoff|first1=Laura|title=Pandemic Threatens Long-Term Job Security After Hospitality Industry Layoffs |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/09/29/917756656/pandemic-threatens-long-term-job-security-after-hospitality-industry-layoffs|access-date=28 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="Fo18zrty9999">{{#invoke:cite web ||last1=Woodyard|first1=Chris| title=Travel industry layoffs begin as Congress fails to come up with new relief package|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2020/09/30/covid-19-travel-industry-layoffs-could-start-congress-fails-act/5868989002/|access-date=28 March 2021 |website=USA Today}}</ref> Despite most corporations implementing measures to address COVID-19 in the workplace, a poll from [[Catalyst (nonprofit organization)|Catalyst]] found that as many as 68% of employees around the world felt that these policies were only performative and "not genuine".<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||date=30 June 2022 |last1=Chong|first1=Joshua|title=Workers feel corporate COVID-19, equity policies 'not genuine,' study says |work=The Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/06/28/workers-feel-corporate-covid-19-equity-policies-not-genuine-study-says.html |access-date=30 June 2022 |issn=0319-0781}}</ref> The pandemic led to a surge in [[remote work]]. According to a [[Gallup poll]], only 4% of US employees were fully remote before the pandemic, compared to 43% in May 2020. Among white collar workers, that shift was more pronounced, with 6% increasing to 65% in the same period.<ref name="The New York Times 2022">{{#invoke:cite web || title=After Two Years of Remote Work, Workers Question Office Life | website=The New York Times | date=10 March 2022 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/business/remote-work-office-life.html | access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> That trend continued in later stages of the pandemic, with many workers choosing to remain remote even after workplaces reopened.<ref name="Mitchell 2022">{{#invoke:cite web || last=Mitchell | first=Travis | title=COVID-19 Pandemic Continues To Reshape Work in America | website=Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends Project | date=16 February 2022 | url=https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/02/16/covid-19-pandemic-continues-to-reshape-work-in-america/ | access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="Kagubare 2023">{{#invoke:cite web || last=Kagubare | first=Ines | title=Nearly 30 percent of work remains remote as workers dig in | website=The Hill | date=20 February 2023 | url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3862069-nearly-30-percent-of-work-remains-remote-as-workers-dig-in/ | access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> Many Nordic, European, and Asian companies increased their recruitment of international remote workers even as the pandemic waned, partially to save on labor costs.<ref name="ComputerWeekly.com 2023">{{#invoke:cite web || title=As Covid fades away, what's the future of remote work in Europe? | website=ComputerWeekly.com | date=14 March 2023 | url=https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/As-Covid-fades-away-whats-the-future-of-remote-work-in-Europe | access-date=14 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="Braesemann Stephany Teutloff Kässi 2022 p=e0274630">{{#invoke:cite journal || last1=Braesemann | first1=Fabian | last2=Stephany | first2=Fabian | last3=Teutloff | first3=Ole | last4=Kässi | first4=Otto | last5=Graham | first5=Mark | last6=Lehdonvirta | first6=Vili | title=The global polarisation of remote work | journal=PLOS ONE | publisher=Public Library of Science (PLoS) | volume=17 | issue=10 | date=20 October 2022 | issn=1932-6203 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0274630 | page=e0274630 | pmid=36264859 | pmc=9584402 | arxiv=2108.13356 | bibcode=2022PLoSO..1774630B | doi-access=free }}</ref> This also led to a talent drain in the global south and in remote areas in the global north.<ref name="Braesemann Stephany Teutloff Kässi 2022 p=e0274630"/><ref name="EuropeanStingWEF2023">{{#invoke:cite web || title=What does remote working look like around the world? | website=The European Sting | date=13 February 2023 | url=https://europeansting.com/2023/02/13/what-does-remote-working-look-like-around-the-world/ | access-date=14 June 2023}}</ref> High cost of living and dense urban areas also lost office real estate value due to remote worker exodus.<ref name="Economist2022Jan">{{#invoke:cite news || title=Will remote work stick after the pandemic? | newspaper=The Economist | date=15 January 2022 | url=https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/01/15/will-remote-work-stick-after-the-pandemic | access-date=14 June 2023}}</ref> By May 2023, due to increasing layoffs and concerns over productivity, some white collar workplaces in the US had resorted to performance review penalties and indirect incentives (e.g. donations to charity) to encourage workers to return to the office.<ref name="Peck 2023">{{#invoke:cite web || last=Peck | first=Emily | title=Companies get aggressive on return-to-office | website=Axios | date=13 June 2023 | url=https://www.axios.com/2023/06/13/companies-aggressive-return-to-office | access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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