As remote work becomes more widespread, many companies no longer require employees to report to the office daily, while others insist that face-to-face collaboration is essential to team culture, even linking attendance to promotions. Between employees' need for flexibility in their personal lives and employers' considerations of organizational cohesion, which trend do you believe is more likely to dominate the workplace over the next decade? Please use specific examples from particular professions or industries to illustrate your stance and justify its validity.
IELTS Writing Task 2 Band Descriptors
Task Response: Address all parts of the task, present a clear position, support ideas with evidence
Coherence and Cohesion: Logical paragraphing, clear progression, appropriate linking devices
Lexical Resource: Wide range of vocabulary, accurate and natural collocations
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Variety of sentence structures, error-free grammar
Overall band score is 0-9, each criterion weighted equally.
Answering Tips
Spend 5 minutes planning your position and main arguments
Use the structure: Introduction - Body 1 - Body 2 - Concession - Conclusion
Develop each body paragraph with: topic sentence + explanation + example + summary
Use a variety of linking words, avoid repetition
Reserve 5 minutes at the end to check grammar and spelling