Irish Examiner view: Remote working too good an opportunity to mess up

The Government’s national remote work strategy envisages 20% of public sector employees working remotely by the end of this year

The strategy aims to establish remote working as a permanent option, one that will be encouraged by tax measures promised in the October budget. File picture

It may be too soon — but only just — to say that today’s tech giants are history’s most powerful empires. 

Nevertheless, they have grown used to an almost unfettered position and influence that manifests itself in many ways, all too often toxic. The pandemic has provided unprecedented opportunities for those behemoths to flex their muscles and they have not been shy about doing so. Nor will they be.