Analysis

October 7, 2022

How to maintain cohesion in hybrid workplaces: Key takeaways from the Sifted Summit

What the experts said on hybrid work on day two of the Summit


Two years on from the remote work boom, startups are still figuring out how to do the whole hybrid thing.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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