Is the five-day commute over? New data suggests people only want to work in the office ‘two days a week’
3 years, 9 months ago

Is the five-day commute over? New data suggests people only want to work in the office ‘two days a week’

The Independent  

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A study’s surprise finding: Most workers want to be in the office more often
1 year ago

A study’s surprise finding: Most workers want to be in the office more often

LA Times  

In the uneasy tug of war between bosses and workers about how much time should be spent in the office, new evidence reveals that many employees think they should come in more often than they do. “Whether it’s from my colleagues, my manager, or from training courses, it’s important for my growth and development.” Younger workers also commonly want the …

Commuting makes a comeback as employers try to put the pandemic in the rearview
1 year, 3 months ago

Commuting makes a comeback as employers try to put the pandemic in the rearview

Associated Press  

ORLANDO, Fla. — If you think U.S. roads have gotten busier on your morning commute, you’re not alone. The rate of people working from home dropped from almost 18% in 2021 to 15.2% in 2022, according to new survey data on life in America released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Mark Behrens, a human resources data analyst in Orlando …

US Workers Want 4-Day WorkWeeks But Only With The Choice To Work Remotely: Survey
1 year, 4 months ago

US Workers Want 4-Day WorkWeeks But Only With The Choice To Work Remotely: Survey

ABP News  

Workers and bosses in the US are not apprehensive about a four-day workweek, a survey claims. The survey states about 87 per cent of respondents expressed interest in a four-day workweek, while 82 per cent of the respondents agreed that widespread adoption of the same across the US will be successful. About 75 per cent of respondents noted that they …

The working-from-home illusion fades
1 year, 5 months ago

The working-from-home illusion fades

Live Mint  

A gradual reverse migration is under way, from Zoom to the conference room. Wall Street firms have been among the most forceful in summoning workers to their offices, but in recent months even many tech titans—Apple, Google, Meta and more—have demanded staff show up to the office at least three days a week. Michael Gibbs of the University of Chicago …

Working from home becomes a once-a-week perk for some office goers
1 year, 6 months ago

Working from home becomes a once-a-week perk for some office goers

LA Times  

The entrance to Walt Disney Co. headquarters is seen from West Alameda Avenue in Burbank. It’s a form of RTO creep, as companies test what has emerged as the post-pandemic norm of two to three days in the office and fan the debate over remote work. BlackRock has said employees must be in the office four days a week starting …

Want to learn on the job? Go to the office
1 year, 8 months ago

Want to learn on the job? Go to the office

Live Mint  

US professionals who work from the office, rather than from home or in a hybrid arrangement, spend 25% more time on career-development activities, according to data from a US-based team that has been studying work-from-home patterns since the pandemic began. The survey covered about 2,400 adults in the US, and the findings seem to bear out the observations made by …

The latest on hybrid work: Who is WFH and who isn’t
1 year, 9 months ago

The latest on hybrid work: Who is WFH and who isn’t

CNN  

New York CNN — As the economy slows, are employers starting to regain the upper hand in negotiations with employees and job seekers? The BLS survey also interpreted respondents’ answers as referring to a company’s formal telework policies, not whether some employees informally work remotely on occasion, such as responding to work emails from home. What others have found Stanford …

Employers still allowing work-from-home, but not as much as employees want
1 year, 9 months ago

Employers still allowing work-from-home, but not as much as employees want

NL Times  

Employees who want to work from home can usually do so for part of the week, but often not as much as they’d like. Employers allow their staff some time working from home but prefer to see them at the office, EenVandaag concluded after surveying over 5,000 people who can work from home, including 300 entrepreneurs with staff. Most employees, …

The optimal place for work is your office and not home
1 year, 10 months ago

The optimal place for work is your office and not home

Live Mint  

Can employees continue to work from home as they did during the covid lockdowns, or should they all come back to office for work as it was before the pandemic? According to a study done by Microsoft among 20,000 employees across 11 countries, a vast majority of respondents, 87% of them, reported themselves productive at work. Solitary cognition, individuals putting …

Study: Commuting has an upside and remote workers may be missing out
1 year, 11 months ago

Study: Commuting has an upside and remote workers may be missing out

NPR  

Study: Commuting has an upside and remote workers may be missing out Enlarge this image toggle caption massimo colombo/Getty Images massimo colombo/Getty Images For most American workers who commute, the trip to and from the office takes nearly one full hour a day — 26 minutes each way on average, with 7.7% of workers spending two hours or more on …

Worker sparks debate after saying it is ‘pointless’ to force employees to return to office
1 year, 11 months ago

Worker sparks debate after saying it is ‘pointless’ to force employees to return to office

The Independent  

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The people who hate working from home
2 years, 6 months ago

The people who hate working from home

BBC  

The people who hate working from home Getty Images The loudest voices may be remote-work advocates, but plenty of other people can’t get back to the office fast enough. Not to leave your house for long periods of time, I don’t think it’s good for you.” Getty Images Working from home can be isolating for many people, who crave the …

Remote working new normal; 82% employees prefer working from home: Study
2 years, 11 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 …

Commute, flexibility the main reasons to keep working from home
3 years, 2 months ago

Commute, flexibility the main reasons to keep working from home

NL Times  

Most Netherlands residents who currently work from home want to continue doing so after the coronavirus epidemic. A large study presented by the Travel Differently Coalition on Tuesday stated that the average employee who works from home prefers to spend at least half of their working time at home. The main reasons for working from home are saving on travel …

Work from home to the rescue as people miss out on two long weekends for quick travel breaks
3 years, 4 months ago

Work from home to the rescue as people miss out on two long weekends for quick travel breaks

Hindustan Times  

A long weekend is a perfect excuse to head out of the city for a mini-break. A long weekend is a perfect excuse to head out of the city for a mini-break “If not a Sunday for both festivals, it could have been a week-long break for a trip further up to the mountains,” says Mohit Chander, a real-estate manager …

Will the work-from-home revolution shrink your office?
3 years, 4 months ago

Will the work-from-home revolution shrink your office?

LA Times  

Sheldon Lewenfus, vice president of MedPoint Management, stands where hybrid work stations will be placed at the company’s new headquarters inside the Sherman Oaks Galleria. “Having an office space reinforces company culture, so you don’t have people constantly leaving if they feel they are free agents working from home,” said Michael Soto, a director of research for real estate brokerage …

Why remote work is a big problem for the economy
3 years, 5 months ago

Why remote work is a big problem for the economy

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Americans are trickling back to their pre-pandemic workplaces, but most offices are still largely empty. The Metropolitan Transit Authority received nearly $4 billion in government funding through the CARES Act, but fare and toll revenues aren’t expected to come back to their previous levels until 2023, according to a report from the Office of the …

Only 10 percent of home-based workers want to return to office full time: FNV
3 years, 6 months ago

Only 10 percent of home-based workers want to return to office full time: FNV

NL Times  

Only 10 percent of employees want to return to the office full-time after the coronavirus pandemic, a poll by trade union FNV showed. 70% of those surveyed indicated they would prefer to work in a hybrid regime of partly at home and partly at the office in the future. 20 percent of the respondents stated they wouldn’t want to return …

Uber to let office staff work up to half their time from anywhere: Report
3 years, 6 months ago

Uber to let office staff work up to half their time from anywhere: Report

Live Mint  

Uber Technologies Inc will let employees work half their hours from wherever they want as part of its revamped return-to-office strategy, the transport app company plans to announce on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter. In one of the most flexible policies offered yet by a big U.S. tech company as the COVID-19 pandemic eases, Uber plans …

Hey, boss: Don’t expect to see me 5 days a week
3 years, 7 months ago

Hey, boss: Don’t expect to see me 5 days a week

LA Times  

Decals on the floor inside an elevator show where to stand, as protection against the coronavirus, at Hudson Pacific Properties, a big office landlord in Los Angeles. Now there’s yet another culture issue that we’ve got to figure out.” A recent poll of 577 San Diego employers found that 64% said staff won’t be allowed to work from home full …

Employees want to work from home two days per week on average: Research
3 years, 8 months ago

Employees want to work from home two days per week on average: Research

NL Times  

A quarter of people currently working remotely said they would prefer to continue working from home predominantly or fully once the coronavirus pandemic has ended. On average people want to work from home for 18 hours per week, accounting for just over two full working days, according to research by TNO. The same research also showed that last month more …

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 …

Working from home just as efficient as being in the office, employers say
4 years, 3 months ago

Working from home just as efficient as being in the office, employers say

The Telegraph  

The Government’s drive to get workers back to the office has been dealt a fresh blow as new research reveals almost two thirds of employers believe staff are at least as productive when they work from home. More than half of workers expect they will never return to working five days a week in the office, separate research by broadband …

We may prefer working from home but most of us will go back to the office in the end
4 years, 4 months ago

We may prefer working from home but most of us will go back to the office in the end

The Independent  

Only one in six staff have returned to the office in British cities, according to one survey – and the government’s desperation to raise that number prompted one anonymous cabinet minister to say something foolish about working from home: “Companies will realise some people weren’t working as hard as they thought. Even without the threatening language, Boris Johnson’s attempt to …

We All Deserve Shorter, More Flexible Workweeks, Especially Amid COVID-19
4 years, 8 months ago

We All Deserve Shorter, More Flexible Workweeks, Especially Amid COVID-19

Huff Post  

AndreaObzerova via Getty Images Remote work and flexible work hours are some of the federal recommendations for stemming the coronavirus pandemic. But there is one top CDC recommendation that doesn’t require getting new equipment, and it’s something employers may already be doing to foster a safe working environment: flexible work arrangements. Reducing working hours without reducing pay is one way …

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