{"id":1212,"date":"2020-11-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/news\/remote-work-wasnt-invented-by-covid\/"},"modified":"2023-02-24T17:59:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T22:59:45","slug":"remote-work-wasnt-invented-by-covid","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-gb\/news\/remote-work-wasnt-invented-by-covid","title":{"rendered":"Remote work wasn\u2019t invented by COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n    <div class=\"sprout-container\" id=\"block_53b851ee02b7f46f08e80cbfa50943c4\">\n        <iframe class=\"sprout-embed\" sproutvideo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/videos.sproutvideo.com\/embed\/ea9cd7b51a10e0c463\/e80d7402be04c715\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/div><!-- #block_53b851ee02b7f46f08e80cbfa50943c4 -->\n\n\n    \n<blockquote class=\"blockquote\" id=\"block_39884c84cdb5982f23aab432ed650582\">\n    <div><span><\/span><\/div>\n    <p>&#8220;The U.S. can be one big market instead of 100 little labor markets.&#8221; <\/p>\n    <cite class=\"blockquote__attribution\">\n                    <span class=\"blockquote__name\">JOHN CHUANG \/ CEO, AQUENT<\/span>\n                    <\/cite>\n<\/blockquote><!-- #block_39884c84cdb5982f23aab432ed650582 -->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aquent employs 10,000 people in many different and highly-skilled fields, and at companies worldwide. But they never have to leave their homes, let alone travel to a different city, state, or country. John H. Chuang, the founder and CEO of Aquent, has always known that remote work opens up opportunities. He gave the example of three employees placed at a major employer in Cleveland, Ohio: \u201cone person from Michigan, one from Illinois, and one from Raleigh,\u201d he said. \u201cHere is an employer who doesn't traditionally hire outside the area\u201d but through Aquent created a high-performing team regardless of geography.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some people, it has been the norm for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"class_list":["post-1212","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 5.0.3 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For some people, it has been the norm for years.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-gb\/news\/remote-work-wasnt-invented-by-covid\" 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