This week, we look at the reality many businesses around the world were forced to confront when lockdowns to limit the spread of COVID-19 were instituted. Working from home was a concept some companies in France had toyed with in the past, but now they had little choice. Some 40 percent of employees worked from home at the height of the pandemic. While many have now returned back to their offices with new protocols such as social distancing, Plexiglas dividers and masks in place, opinions are split over the efficiency of working from home versus the office.