Martha Stewart: Employees should be available ‘anytime,’ but don’t want to work

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Footwear News this week that she’s not a big fan of the hybrid work schedule, a model where employers split up the days when employees are required to come into the office versus working from home.“You can’t possibly get everything done working three days a week in the office and two days remotely,” Stewart told the outlet.“Look at the success of France with their stupid … you know, off for August, blah blah blah,” she continued. “That’s not a very thriving country.

Should America go down the drain because people don’t want to go back to work?” The Post reached out to reps for Stewart for further comment.The hybrid work schedule first became popular during the COVID-19 pandemic when many companies moved to work from home at the height of the spread in 2020.Stewart explained during the interview with Footwear News that even during the pandemic, she “continued to work five days a week.”She spoke more about work during the pandemic during a 2021 interview with Harper’s Bazaar, where she revealed that she had 30 employees on-site at her farm in Bedford, New York.Stewart said that she had a concierge doctor come to the house twice per week to perform COVID-19 tests on everyone.The CBD entrepreneur also spoke more about her business philosophy, claiming that a CEO should “always be available” and not stick to a “hierarchy.” “There’s no hierarchy in my life,” she told the outlet at the time.“I will wash the floor if I have to wash the floor.