Workers Clash Over Masks, Cubicle Barriers and Lysol
As lockdowns lift, employees returning to the workplace—as well as those who never left—are clashing over different views of the pandemic. Some say their colleagues aren’t taking it seriously; others say their co-workers are going too far to stay safe. The disconnect, often freighted with election-year politics, is creating tension as the number of U.S. coronavirus cases continues to climb.
“Just as we might have friends or family with views that are the polar opposite of our own, the same can be expected of the workplace,” said Katie Brennan, an adviser at the Society for Human Resource Management, an advocacy group. Be prepared for potential conflict, she said, because feeling safe or comfortable at work “isn’t something that most people are willing to compromise.”...
