Is remote work worse for wellbeing than people think?
2 years, 6 months ago

Is remote work worse for wellbeing than people think?

BBC  

Is remote work worse for wellbeing than people think? But new research into remote work and wellbeing has shown mixed results – in Microsoft’s 2022 New Future of Work Report, researchers found that although remote work can improve job satisfaction, it can also lead to employees feeling “socially isolated, guilty and trying to overcompensate”. Getty Images Many people can feel isolated during remote work, but child-free millennials are particularly likely to be affected Nicola Hemmings is a workplace scientist at mental healthcare provider Koa Health. One survey showed 81% of under-35s feared loneliness from long-term home working, and studies have showed heightened levels of stress and anxiety among younger workers since the shift to remote work. 81% of under-35s feared loneliness from long-term home working, and studies have showed heightened levels of stress and anxiety among younger workers since the shift to remote work “For the first time in my life I don’t have the Sunday Scaries,” says Lauren, who works in technology.

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Opinion: Does working from home make you lonely? Here’s one fix that won’t have you returning to the office
9 months ago

Opinion: Does working from home make you lonely? Here’s one fix that won’t have you returning to the office

LA Times  

Opening one’s door to guests, whether for extra income or simply to invite interesting experiences with strangers and friends, is one way to avoid loneliness. I dreaded guests’ departures and would long for another person who lived what I thought of as a daring life to interrupt my seemingly normal one. One prescription for this modern epidemic is opening one’s …

What working from home is really doing to your health
10 months, 1 week ago

What working from home is really doing to your health

The Independent  

Few knew pre-pandemic what the consequences of remote working would be for our minds and bodies. “For some people, working at home was a good thing,” says Neil Greenberg, professor of defence mental health and occupational and forensic psychiatry at King’s College London. That’s dangerously sedentary behaviour.” It’s not hard to see where this is going – weight gain was …

Remote work doesn’t seem to affect productivity, US study finds
11 months, 1 week ago

Remote work doesn’t seem to affect productivity, US study finds

Hindustan Times  

US industries that are more adaptable to remote work haven’t seen a bigger boost — or decline — in productivity growth since 2020 compared to industries with more in-person work, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. While the shift toward remote-work arrangements has reshaped society in ways that will continue to evolve, there is …

Remote workers actually aren’t more productive. Will bosses finally call them back in this year?
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Remote workers actually aren’t more productive. Will bosses finally call them back in this year?

LA Times  

These days, it looks like the bloom is coming off the rose for remote work: Many employers are talking tougher. Deborah Lovich, who leads Boston Consulting Group’s work on “people strategy,” sees more employers adopting hybrid work as they see the financial and nonfinancial benefits. “Firms shouldn’t care about productivity, they should care about profitability,” said Bloom, who is part …

Remote work gave them a reprieve from racism. They don’t want to go back
1 year, 4 months ago

Remote work gave them a reprieve from racism. They don’t want to go back

LA Times  

As LeRon Barton weighed his options, he realized what he had to do. “And just the quality of life has improved drastically.” It’s a sentiment expressed by many Black workers and other people of color who found that remote work lessened the racism they faced on the job. With remote work, the data confirm whether workers are getting their jobs …

Employers’ push to end remote work and return to office is stalling
1 year, 4 months ago

Employers’ push to end remote work and return to office is stalling

LA Times  

Coming out of the pandemic, Bart Valdez has had the mind-set of many traditional bosses. Today a third of Ingenovis’ employees are back in the office, one-third work entirely from home, and one-third do a hybrid mix of remote and in-person work. Even as more corporations are moving to call workers back to the office, arguing it’s better for preserving …

Op-Ed: How working remotely can bring workers closer together
2 years, 1 month ago

Op-Ed: How working remotely can bring workers closer together

LA Times  

Remote working necessitated by the pandemic can help guide organizations toward making work better, regardless of where the work gets done. What undermines our personal interactions isn’t whether they’re in-person or remote, it’s whether we pay attention to one another. In contrast, workers I interviewed recalled that their in-office interactions felt less human, because those connections, for the most part, …

The companies doubling down on remote work
2 years, 5 months ago

The companies doubling down on remote work

BBC  

The companies doubling down on remote work Getty Images Some CEOs are permanently shutting office space to give up on hybrid set-ups and fully embrace working from home. “I would think that it's non-reversible workers won't want to go back into the office.” For companies with the flexibility to take such a dramatic decision, the option is becoming increasingly appealing …

The simmering tension between remote and in-office workers
2 years, 8 months ago

The simmering tension between remote and in-office workers

BBC  

The simmering tension between remote and in-office workers Getty Images Companies are calling employees back to the workplace – but not all of them. “While we can submit return-to-office queries during virtual meetings, they’re never been answered directly.” As pandemic restrictions end, more and more companies are calling employees back to the office – yet the rules are not universal …

Op-Ed: Of course many people of color prefer remote work. It helps dodge office weirdness
2 years, 8 months ago

Op-Ed: Of course many people of color prefer remote work. It helps dodge office weirdness

LA Times  

A November survey of knowledge workers found that 86% of Latino workers and 81% of Asian/Asian American and Black workers would prefer a hybrid or fully remote arrangement, compared with 75% of their white counterparts. “People,” who, in a November survey of 10,737 knowledge workers conducted by the workplace research consortium Future Forum, indicated they preferred remote work over office …

Op-Ed: Work life will never be the same. We need some in-person days and some remote
2 years, 10 months ago

Op-Ed: Work life will never be the same. We need some in-person days and some remote

LA Times  

Working from home surged twelvefold between 2017-2018 and May 2020. Surveys of 50,000 workers across the country find they want to work from home 2.5 days a week on average after the pandemic. Employees working from home frequently tell me how they enjoy the freedom of being able to go to the gym or see the dentist during a week …

Remote working new normal; 82% employees prefer working from home: Study
2 years, 10 months ago

Remote working new normal; 82% employees prefer working from home: Study

The Hindu  

With the COVID-19 pandemic bringing unprecedented changes in work life, a study has revealed that 82% respondents admitted that they prefer working from home to going back to the office. The remote work trend was initially forced on employees due to the pandemic, however, after two years remote working has become a new normal and as things settled down new …

The future of work is hybrid – here’s an expert’s recommendations for success
3 years, 1 month ago

The future of work is hybrid – here’s an expert’s recommendations for success

Salon  

COVID-19 has changed the way we work. One thing stands out: Hybrid work arrangements – that is, employees who do some tasks in the office and others virtually – is clearly going to be a big part of the picture. One survey from April 2021 shows 99% of human resources leaders expect employees to work in some kind of hybrid …

‘You Are Mommy Tracked to the Billionth Degree’
3 years, 1 month ago

‘You Are Mommy Tracked to the Billionth Degree’

Politico  

While no one can be sure what workplaces will look like once we’re far removed from the pandemic — whenever that will be — the way we work will likely be altered in the long run. “They’ll expect the committed workers to come back, too.” “ It can be hard to tell if you are being treated differently than others, …

We’re not abusing remote working – it’s a lifeline for carers like me
3 years, 2 months ago

We’re not abusing remote working – it’s a lifeline for carers like me

The Independent  

This week, remote working has again been in the spotlight after city bosses declared it unproductive. I have to carefully consider every job opportunity based on what I am able to juggle, not what I’m capable of doing or where it may take my career, until the shift to working from home. The switch to remote and hybrid working means …

What bosses really think about remote work
3 years, 3 months ago

What bosses really think about remote work

BBC  

What bosses really think about remote work Getty Images Many managers are itching to get staff back to the office, despite employees championing alternative set-ups. “They start saying, ‘OK, now, you took the second vaccine, you need to be at the office’.” All this is fuelling debates about why exactly bosses are turning their backs on remote setups faster than …

Here's how working from home makes you more productive
3 years, 8 months ago

Here's how working from home makes you more productive

Hindustan Times  

The great work-from-home experiment occasioned by the pandemic has divided opinion in the corporate suite and sparked endless debates about whether employees work as effectively from the kitchen table as they do from the office. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer David Solomon has called the new arrangements “an aberration” that the investment bank will “correct as quickly as …

Some workers can’t wait to get back to the office
3 years, 8 months ago

Some workers can’t wait to get back to the office

CNN  

While some employees are enjoying the flexibility of working from home, Janell Longa can’t wait to return to the office. “I am really keen to get back to the office,” said Sarah Williams, associate director of the Business School, University of Wolverhampton, UK, who’s been working from home for more than a year. “For me, that blurring of the lines …

Working from home isn’t working, at least for the young
3 years, 9 months ago

Working from home isn’t working, at least for the young

The Independent  

Goldman Sachs has come under attack for the pressures put on junior members of staff. But the most interesting point he made – one that affects people far beyond the lofty heights of New York investment banking – was this: “In this world of remote work, it feels like we have to be connected 24/7.” If your office is your …

The bosses who want us back at work
3 years, 9 months ago

The bosses who want us back at work

BBC  

The bosses who want us back in the office Alamy We assume remote work is here to stay – but some of the loudest voices in the corporate world are rallying to get employees back in offices. “It’s an aberration that we are going to correct as quickly as possible.” Jes Staley, chief executive of Barclays, voiced similar sentiments in …

Coronavirus Forced a Massive Remote-work Experiment. The Hard Phase is Yet to Come
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Forced a Massive Remote-work Experiment. The Hard Phase is Yet to Come

News 18  

In March 2020, companies across the US abruptly shuttered their offices and instructed employees to work from home indefinitely as a result of the pandemic. “Many companies succeeded working remotely in 2020 largely because everyone was doing it — there was no built-in preference for office workers or stigma against remote workers,” said Andrew Hewitt, senior analyst at market research …

Why in-person workers may be more likely to get promoted
3 years, 9 months ago

Why in-person workers may be more likely to get promoted

BBC  

Why in-person workers may be more likely to get promoted Alamy Remote work has a lot of benefits, but one major drawback: it may be harder to climb the career ladder when you’re at home. “You don’t want to come off as a complainer.” A heavier load Remote workers whose promotion prospects are suffering for lack of facetime may find …

How can colleagues support each other better while working from home?
3 years, 10 months ago

How can colleagues support each other better while working from home?

Live Mint  

A new year is well underway, but many of us are exactly where we were last March: working from home. If you felt miserable when you were going into the office every day, you probably didn’t tell yourself, “Man, I really hate this building.” When the problem is the work itself, you have bigger career questions to answer. King distinguishes …

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