The Future of Everything covers the innovation and technology transforming the way we live, work and play, with monthly issues on transportation, education, well-being and more. This month is Work, online starting Feb. 2 and in print Feb. 10.
Companies everywhere are struggling to figure out the future of work.
Matt Mullenweg,
founder and CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, says his employees are already living it.
During the pandemic, many white-collar workers grew accustomed to working unusual hours, scrambling their traditional 9-5 schedules to adjust for childcare or other responsibilities. Since Automattic’s 2005 founding, such flexibility has been the norm. Automattic was a pioneer of so-called asynchronous work, which offers workers not only flexibility on their location, but on their hours, too. The company has…
