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Near-empty offices show pandemic’s economic effects are widespread

10/09/2020

SOME BREATHING ROOM: Collection specialist Dosha Bogosian works in a sparsely populated office at XRA Medical Imaging in Cranston. While XRA’s diagnostic services have remained open for months, more of the administrative workers have returned but are keeping their distance from one another. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Less-congested morning commutes and near-empty city parking lots are among the most visible signs that workers have not returned to their offices in large numbers. Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce President Laurie White estimates no more than 20% of the workforce has returned. While many companies and workers report mostly positive experiences in the shift

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