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Before 2020, remote workremote work (noun)Work carried out away from a central office.≈ Synonym: telecommuting🇺🇿UZ: masofaviy ish🇷🇺RU: удалённая работа — working from home or another locationlocation (noun)A particular place or position.≈ Synonym: place🇺🇿UZ: joylashuv🇷🇺RU: местоположение outside a traditional officeoffice (noun)A room or building used for business work.≈ Synonym: workplace🇺🇿UZ: ofis🇷🇺RU: офис — was relatively uncommonuncommon (adj)Not happening often; rare.≈ Synonym: rare🇺🇿UZ: kam uchraydigan🇷🇺RU: нечастый for most employeesemployee (noun)People who work for a company.≈ Synonym: workers🇺🇿UZ: xodimlar🇷🇺RU: сотрудники. Only a small percentagepercentage (noun)A proportion expressed out of one hundred.≈ Synonym: proportion🇺🇿UZ: foiz🇷🇺RU: процент of the global workforceworkforce (noun)All the people employed in a particular area.≈ Synonym: labour force🇺🇿UZ: ishchi kuchi🇷🇺RU: рабочая сила worked remotely on a regular basis, and many companies were hesitanthesitant (adj)Slow to act because of uncertainty.≈ Synonym: reluctant🇺🇿UZ: ikkilanuvchi🇷🇺RU: нерешительный to allow it. The COVID-19 pandemic changedchange (verb)Made something become different.≈ Synonym: altered🇺🇿UZ: o'zgartirdi🇷🇺RU: изменила this almost overnightovernight (adverb)Suddenly, within a very short time.≈ Synonym: suddenly🇺🇿UZ: bir kechada🇷🇺RU: внезапно, forcing millions of workers around the world to begin working from home out of necessitynecessity (noun)The need for something.≈ Synonym: requirement🇺🇿UZ: zaruriyat🇷🇺RU: необходимость.
For many employees, remote work revealedreveal (verb)Made something known or apparent.≈ Synonym: showed🇺🇿UZ: ochib berdi🇷🇺RU: выявил unexpectedunexpected (adj)Not anticipated; surprising.≈ Synonym: surprising🇺🇿UZ: kutilmagan🇷🇺RU: неожиданный advantagesadvantage (noun)Beneficial features of something.≈ Synonym: benefits🇺🇿UZ: afzalliklar🇷🇺RU: преимущества. Without a daily commutecommute (noun)A regular journey to and from work.≈ Synonym: journey to work🇺🇿UZ: ishga qatnov🇷🇺RU: поездка на работу, workers often gained extra time, reduced transporttransport (noun)The means of moving from place to place.≈ Synonym: transportation🇺🇿UZ: transport🇷🇺RU: транспорт costs, and greater flexibilityflexibility (noun)The quality of adapting easily to change.≈ Synonym: adaptability🇺🇿UZ: moslashuvchanlik🇷🇺RU: гибкость in organising their day. Some studies also suggested that certain types of work could be completed just as efficientlyefficiently (adverb)In a way that achieves results without waste.≈ Synonym: effectively🇺🇿UZ: samarali tarzda🇷🇺RU: эффективно, or even more so, outside a traditional office environment.
However, remote work also brought clear challengeschallenge (noun)Difficult tasks or situations.≈ Synonym: difficulties🇺🇿UZ: qiyinchiliklar🇷🇺RU: трудности. Many workers reported feeling more isolatedisolated (adj)Feeling alone or separated from others.≈ Synonym: cut off🇺🇿UZ: yolg'izlangan🇷🇺RU: изолированный without regular face-to-face contact with colleaguescolleague (noun)People one works with.≈ Synonym: co-workers🇺🇿UZ: hamkasblar🇷🇺RU: коллеги. Communicating complex ideas became harder without the ability to have quick, informal conversations, and some employees found it difficult to fully separateseparate (verb)To keep two things apart.≈ Synonym: divide🇺🇿UZ: ajratmoq🇷🇺RU: разделять their working hours from their personal life when both took place in the same physical space.
As pandemicpandemic (noun)A disease outbreak occurring worldwide.≈ Synonym: global outbreak🇺🇿UZ: pandemiya🇷🇺RU: пандемия restrictionsrestriction (noun)Official limitations placed on activity.≈ Synonym: limitations🇺🇿UZ: cheklovlar🇷🇺RU: ограничения eased, many companies faced a difficult decisiondecision (noun)A conclusion reached after consideration.≈ Synonym: choice🇺🇿UZ: qaror🇷🇺RU: решение about the future of work. Some chose to bring employees back to the office full time, arguing that in-person collaborationcollaboration (noun)The act of working together.≈ Synonym: teamwork🇺🇿UZ: hamkorlik🇷🇺RU: сотрудничество and company culture were too valuable to lose. Others adopted a hybridhybrid (adj)Combining two different approaches or elements.≈ Synonym: mixed🇺🇿UZ: aralash🇷🇺RU: гибридный model, allowing staff to split their time between home and the office. A smaller number of companies embraced fully remote work permanently, sometimes closing physical offices entirely to save on costs.
Today, there is no single answer to whether remote work is "here to stay." The right balancebalance (noun)A state where different things are in proper proportion.≈ Synonym: equilibrium🇺🇿UZ: muvozanat🇷🇺RU: баланс appears to depend heavily on the type of industryindustry (noun)A particular branch of economic activity.≈ Synonym: sector🇺🇿UZ: sanoat tarmog'i🇷🇺RU: отрасль, the nature of the work, and individual company culture. What does seem clear is that the pandemic permanentlypermanently (adverb)In a way that lasts forever; not temporarily.≈ Synonym: for good🇺🇿UZ: doimiy ravishda🇷🇺RU: навсегда changed expectations, with far more employees now expecting at least some degree of flexibility in where and how they work.