The office desk, as we know it, may have had its day. A large studyon the future of work in theUKpredicts the rise of the “mobile worker” moving with notebook computer andmobile phone between office, home, hotel, airport or highway service station asthe needs of a job demand. Today, more than five million people already spendsome time working at home or on the move, according to a recent report. Thatnumber will rise dramatically over the coming decades, with mobile workbecoming one of the fastest-growing types of employment.
According to the study “Working in the Twenty-Five Century”,individuals will not necessarily see themselves as working from home. Theycould equally be working from the office, but they will be on the move fromplace to place, working at various times of the day, for much of the week. Fora large proportion of workers, work in twenty years’ time will be more aboutmovement than staying in one place.
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就我们所知，办公桌可能已经度过其全盛时期。英国一项对未来工作预测的大型研究表明，因工作所需，携带移动电脑、移动电话往返于办公室、家庭、宾馆、机场或是高速服务站的“移动工作人员”将呈上升趋势。一份最新的调研报告显示，居家办公或在走动中工作的人数已达五百多万。随着在走动中工作成为发展最快的就业模式，这一数字在未来的十年还将急剧增长。
一份题为“工作在21世纪”的报告称，人们将不必持“离家上班”的理念，办公室以外的场所同样可以工作，但需不断在走动中进行，每周的上班时间也大多不再固定。对为数甚众的上班族而言，21世纪的工作将更多地在移动中进行，而非固定在一处。