Coronavirus: A look back at 6 months of pandemic in Manitoba “I went in, picked up my laptop, and then the first day of work, I sat at my kitchen table, opened my computer and logged in,” said Cotlar, a workforce development leader at the company, which essentially means she identifies talent and skill within the existing workforce and searches for gaps that could be filled from outside of the company.Cotlar had worked remotely before, but in a setting where she and the rest of the staff were hired for that role — rather than starting an office job in her house’s spare room when she was supposed to meet colleagues face-to-face and travel to the company’s other offices shortly after being hired.“Under this new scenario, everybody already.