A Barbie-inspired received an immediate green light, while a proposal to make a Covid-era surgical mask was rejected.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/dining/cookie-cutters.html

A minimum of three days a week is now mandated for team members, as opposed to the Covid-era policy, which allowed individual managers to decide how often staff members should be in the office, and now the company has decided to abandon that policy.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/business/promotions-at-amazon-require-employees/

But industry body GSMA, which organizes the MWC, said this year’s event would be buoyed by the return of Chinese delegates after Beijing finally lifted Covid-era travel restrictions.

Source: https://business.inquirer.net/388516/telecom-firms-aim-to-shrug-off-slump-at-annual-get-together

Three years later, Covid-era band-aids like self-service kiosks and less frequent housekeeping have now become the new normal for many firms seeking to cope with rising labor costs and perpetual vacancies.

Source: https://www.dailynews.com/2023/09/20/why-us-hotels-are-missing-more-than-238000-employees/