As a site that champions flexible and remote work, everyone at FlexJobs knows quite abit about the history of flexible working. But we wanted to digdeeper to see what we could find, in particular, about the historyof working from home. And we really do meanthe complete history… we got swept up inresearch and wound up as far back as the hunter-gatherers. But ifyou're at all interested in remote work and how it came to be,which we clearly are, it's all pretty interesting.

In fact, as you'll read in this piece, the history of workingfrom home isn't nearly as recent as many think. It actually has amuch longer past than our history of working in offices. The growthof remote work in the last 10 years is ultimately a return to anearly and long-used way of working.

We hope you enjoy this comprehensivehistory of working from home!

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