Is work from home feasible in the long run?
4 years, 6 months ago

Is work from home feasible in the long run?

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdowns have made work from home an imperative for several industries. In a conversation moderated by K. Bharat Kumar, Ashwini Deshpande and Ramkumar Ramamoorthy discuss whether work from home is likely to become a constant even in a post-COVID future. Ramkumar Ramamoorthy : While much of the focus seems to be on work from home, it’s actually work from anywhere. Ashwini Deshpande : So far, the tone of this conversation is implicitly assuming that work from home is a really good idea; that it’s something to hold on to and transmit to the future. Some people might say, ‘it’s better for me to work from home, because now I don’t have to face the daily insults that I used to face earlier in office’.

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Working from home is producing economic benefits return-to-office rules would quash
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Working from home is producing economic benefits return-to-office rules would quash

ABC  

More of us have been in paid work this past year than ever before. The jump in working from home Before the pandemic, in 2019, the share of the workforce who usually work at least partly from home was 25 per cent. The proportion of mothers with children under five working at least partly from home has leapt from 31 …

Remote staff pay for shared office space to escape working from home
1 year, 6 months ago

Remote staff pay for shared office space to escape working from home

The Telegraph  

Once a haunt of trendy start-ups and freelance creatives, “co-working spaces” have recently attracted a new sort of clientele. It suggests that more than three years since offices across the country closed their doors during the first Covid lockdown, with many having never returned full time, fatigued staff are looking to escape working from home. “Working from home really started …

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 …

Is work from home ruining our mental health? Here's what an expert says
2 years, 3 months ago

Is work from home ruining our mental health? Here's what an expert says

Hindustan Times  

With Covid cases on the wane, offices are slowly opening up and many of them are adopting hybrid work model. While work from home has its own set of benefits as it saves commute time, prevents exposure to harmful pollutants and toxins, allows flexibility in routine, and may be improve productivity, experts say it takes a toll on one's mental …

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 …

Working and studying from home to become part of the post-pandemic norm
3 years, 2 months ago

Working and studying from home to become part of the post-pandemic norm

NL Times  

As a result of the coronavirus restrictions, the Dutch intend to structure working from home and online meetings into daily life after the end of of the pandemic. Twenty-five to thirty percent of students in secondary and higher education said they expect to continue participating in classes from home even after the end of the coronavirus measures, according to the …

Many employers have no strategy yet for dealing with working from home
3 years, 2 months ago

Many employers have no strategy yet for dealing with working from home

Dutch News  

Some three in five employers have not yet made their strategy on working from home clear to staff in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey by I&O Research. Officially, the advice is to ‘work from home if you can, and go to the office if you must’, but many companies are now welcoming staff back on …

Many employers have no strategy yet for dealing with working from home
3 years, 2 months ago

Many employers have no strategy yet for dealing with working from home

Dutch News  

Some three in five employers have not yet made their strategy on working from home clear to staff in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey by I&O Research. Officially, the advice is to ‘work from home if you can, and go to the office if you must’, but many companies are now welcoming staff back on …

Do we even want to return to the office?
3 years, 4 months ago

Do we even want to return to the office?

Live Mint  

Offices of the pre-pandemic era may soon be relics, if employees have their way. A recent survey, Randstad Employer Brand Research 2021, which included 190,000 participants across the world, found that 52% of employees prefer working remotely to going to the office again. According to Microsoft’s first annual Work Trend Index, released last month, 74% of employees in India want …

Working from home is here to stay, two more surveys show
3 years, 5 months ago

Working from home is here to stay, two more surveys show

Dutch News  

Two more surveys on home working in the Netherlands again demonstrate that the practice is likely to continue once the coronavirus pandemic is under control, with the support of both employers and members of staff. The government’s socio-cultural think-tank SCP also published a report on home working on Wednesday which showed working at home allowed people to better balance their …

Working from home is here to stay, two more surveys show
3 years, 5 months ago

Working from home is here to stay, two more surveys show

Dutch News  

Two more surveys on home working in the Netherlands again demonstrate that the practice is likely to continue once the coronavirus pandemic is under control, with the support of both employers and members of staff. The government’s socio-cultural think-tank SCP also published a report on home working on Wednesday which showed working at home allowed people to better balance their …

Many workers don't feel safe returning to office: Trade Union
3 years, 6 months ago

Many workers don't feel safe returning to office: Trade Union

NL Times  

Many people who worked from home during the coronavirus pandemic, do not feel safe returning to their office now that this is possible again, trade union CNV found in a poll of over 900 people who returned to the office after working from home, ANP reports. Many home workers feel unsafe at the office." The trade union also wants clear …

Support for working from home grows, just 10% back full time at the office: FNV
3 years, 6 months ago

Support for working from home grows, just 10% back full time at the office: FNV

Dutch News  

A survey by trade union federation FNV has found that just 10% of its members who work in the financial sector, business services and the civil service want to return to the office full time, now the pandemic is almost over. ‘About half the workforce were working at home during the coronavirus pandemic and they have not yet had enough,’ …

Support for working from home grows, just 10% back full time at the office: FNV
3 years, 6 months ago

Support for working from home grows, just 10% back full time at the office: FNV

Dutch News  

A survey by trade union federation FNV has found that just 10% of its members who work in the financial sector, business services and the civil service want to return to the office full time, now the pandemic is almost over. ‘About half the workforce were working at home during the coronavirus pandemic and they have not yet had enough,’ …

Want to work from home permanently? How to make it happen
3 years, 7 months ago

Want to work from home permanently? How to make it happen

LA Times  

Ben Jarso, an avid skier, recently bought a home in Truckee, Calif., after moving from the San Francisco area. “Not all companies are willing or able to accommodate such requests long term, but if you don’t speak up, your manager won’t know.” In many workplaces, remote work arrangements are generally decided categorically, rather than on a case-by-case basis, employment advisor …

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 …

Quarter of people who can work from home still asked to go to office, union says
3 years, 11 months ago

Quarter of people who can work from home still asked to go to office, union says

NL Times  

27 percent of people who can work from home are still asked by their employers to come into the office. 43 percent still go in to the office at least part of the week, according to a survey trade union did among 1,200 of its members who are able to work from home, Trouw reports. "While we are working hard …

One in four people to work from home permanently
4 years ago

One in four people to work from home permanently

The Telegraph  

As many as a quarter of British employees could end up working from home for good, bosses anticipate, as companies plan for permanent changes after Covid. Almost every chief finance officer - 97pc - surveyed by Deloitte expects more flexible and home working in the long-term. Sectors have been able to maintain quite a high degree of effectiveness operating from …

How the pandemic will redefine work in 2021
4 years ago

How the pandemic will redefine work in 2021

Live Mint  

Let’s face it, our pre-covid work life is not coming back anytime soon. Work from home is here to stay Even though many companies are planning to reopen offices next year, entry will be staggered. Human resource experts believe organisations will look at a hybrid work model, with people going in to offices largely for meetings or brainstorming sessions. Remote …

How work from home has impacted the productivity of an employee
4 years, 1 month ago

How work from home has impacted the productivity of an employee

India Today  

Being locked down during a pandemic situation makes many anxious and stressed. Rather, we were/ are at home during a pandemic crisis, trying to work in the most productive manner possible!’ Let’s first understand how work from home could be productive and efficient in a normal situation. Post pandemic with lockdown imposed by various national governments, organizations are left with …

‘Work from anywhere’ is here to stay. How will it change our workplaces?
4 years, 1 month ago

‘Work from anywhere’ is here to stay. How will it change our workplaces?

LA Times  

After decades of being tied to offices, Americans are suddenly free to work from wherever they want thanks to pandemic lockdowns. “When and if our employees come back will be theirs.” “We’ve told everyone: If you’re not comfortable, no problem, stay put,” said Rich Lang, senior vice president of human resources at VMware. That same year, Patrick Pichette, who was …

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 …

Has coronavirus and working from home given us the biggest productivity increase of the century?
4 years, 4 months ago

Has coronavirus and working from home given us the biggest productivity increase of the century?

ABC  

One of the most striking responses to the COVID-19 pandemic has been the sudden shift of around half the workforce to working at home. If working from home eliminated an hour of commuting, without changing time spent on work or reducing production, the result would be equivalent to a 13 per cent increase in productivity. A study by Harvard and …

The campaign to encourage people to stop working from home is ill-judged and ill-timed
4 years, 4 months ago

The campaign to encourage people to stop working from home is ill-judged and ill-timed

The Independent  

Whatever happened to the protective arm around the British people? The campaign to “encourage” people to stop working from home and start working from work is illogical, ill-judged and ill-timed. Businesses such as sandwich bars, pubs, dry cleaners, shops, cabs, gyms and many others that rely on office workers popping out in the lunch hours or after work are facing …

Working at home should be regulated in pay deals, biggest Dutch union says
4 years, 4 months ago

Working at home should be regulated in pay deals, biggest Dutch union says

Dutch News  

The FNV trade union plans to make regulations for working at home part of September’s round of pay and conditions talks, following a members’ survey. The government’s coronavirus regulations still require people to work from home if possible, despite suggestions this may change, and this makes regulation more important, the country’s biggest trade union federation said. ‘Now working from home …

Working at home should be regulated in pay deals, biggest Dutch union says
4 years, 4 months ago

Working at home should be regulated in pay deals, biggest Dutch union says

Dutch News  

The FNV trade union plans to make regulations for working at home part of September’s round of pay and conditions talks, following a members’ survey. The government’s coronavirus regulations still require people to work from home if possible, despite suggestions this may change, and this makes regulation more important, the country’s biggest trade union federation said. ‘Now working from home …

Home offices on the rise? Four in five people still go out to work
4 years, 4 months ago

Home offices on the rise? Four in five people still go out to work

Dutch News  

Coronavirus has led to an increase in people working from home, but four in five workers cannot do so because of the limits of the job, national statistics agency CBS said on Wednesday. Some 20% of people now ‘take work home’, compared with between 10% and 15% of workers in 2019, the agency said. ‘We may have under-estimated the number …

Home offices on the rise? Four in five people still go out to work
4 years, 4 months ago

Home offices on the rise? Four in five people still go out to work

Dutch News  

Coronavirus has led to an increase in people working from home, but four in five workers cannot do so because of the limits of the job, national statistics agency CBS said on Wednesday. Some 20% of people now ‘take work home’, compared with between 10% and 15% of workers in 2019, the agency said. ‘We may have under-estimated the number …

Coronavirus impact: Check pros and cons of post pandemic work from home
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus impact: Check pros and cons of post pandemic work from home

India Today  

The changing dynamics of the workspace landscape under the pressure of Covid-19 outbreak has put a halt to the long debate on whether allowing employees to work from home augments their productivity or curtails it, by putting it to a practical test overnight, that too on a world-wide scale. With digital offices becoming the new normal in 2020, companies all …

Working from home polarizing; 25% hate it, especially managers
4 years, 6 months ago

Working from home polarizing; 25% hate it, especially managers

NL Times  

Opinions in the Netherlands are divided on working from home. Especially managers and supervisors are finding the home office a dissatisfying experience, according to a survey by Arbo Unie, BNR reports. According to Jan van den Hoogen, those who don't like working from home mainly miss the social aspect of going to work. This requires new policies - working from …

Is work from home here to stay? | The Hindu Parley Podcast
4 years, 6 months ago

Is work from home here to stay? | The Hindu Parley Podcast

The Hindu  

The Covid-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdowns have made work from home an imperative for several industries. For those industries and job profiles for which work from home is possible, has the concept come to stay, is the question before us now… Running up to 2025, a large IT services firm in India has said it would have about 75% …

Encourage working and studying at home post-Covid-19, think-tank says
4 years, 7 months ago

Encourage working and studying at home post-Covid-19, think-tank says

Dutch News  

The government must do more to encourage home working and cycling to prevent chaos on the roads when all coronavirus restrictions are lifted, the cabinet’s most important advisory group SER said on Thursday. It also recommends officials carry out a major research project into the ‘biggest home working experiment’ which has ever taken place. ‘We have to use this phase …

Encourage working and studying at home post-Covid-19, think-tank says
4 years, 7 months ago

Encourage working and studying at home post-Covid-19, think-tank says

Dutch News  

The government must do more to encourage home working and cycling to prevent chaos on the roads when all coronavirus restrictions are lifted, the cabinet’s most important advisory group SER said on Thursday. It also recommends officials carry out a major research project into the ‘biggest home working experiment’ which has ever taken place. ‘We have to use this phase …

Many Workers Would Prefer To Keep Working From Home At Least Some Of The Time
4 years, 7 months ago

Many Workers Would Prefer To Keep Working From Home At Least Some Of The Time

Huff Post  

nadia_bormotova via Getty Images Americans answered questions about how the coronavirus pandemic has shaped their ideas about working from home all the time or returning to an office. In his company announcement of switching mostly to permanent remote work, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke declared, “Office centricity is over.” But is a fully remote workforce what American professionals actually want? Although …

Half of NL residents want to keep working from home after coronavirus crisis
4 years, 8 months ago

Half of NL residents want to keep working from home after coronavirus crisis

NL Times  

Working from home seems to be a hit for many employees in the Netherlands. 53 percent are positive about working from home and 49 percent want to keep doing so, at least partly, after the coronavirus crisis is over, according to a survey by Nationale Vacaturebank​ and Intermediair​ among over a thousand Dutch workers, AD reports. But now that a …

How to work from home with your kids during coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

How to work from home with your kids during coronavirus

BBC  

How to work from home with your kids during coronavirus Getty Images Having kids can make you more productive - except when they’re there all the time. “It’s okay if you want to talk to your kids to take your mind off work, but it needs to be siloed to work breaks.” Want to share your experiences or tips working …

Coronavirus has forced many of us to work from home. Here's what that looks like
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus has forced many of us to work from home. Here's what that looks like

ABC  

We are living in interesting times. "I have a home office but my toddler wants to be able to see me at all times today, so I'm working from my kitchen table," says Angiie Turay, from Beverly Hills in Sydney's south. "With one daughter who's asthmatic, I am able to stay at home with my girls," says Elisha, an occupational …

If you're working from home during the coronavirus outbreak, who's responsible for your safety?
4 years, 9 months ago

If you're working from home during the coronavirus outbreak, who's responsible for your safety?

ABC  

More and more employees in Australia are being encouraged or directed to work from home in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. "If it is not safe, and often we work in non-ideal home workspaces, then employers should not let employees work in that space." "Employers could find a way to let employees salary sacrifice purchasing office furniture or provide …

Not That Many Americans Can Actually Work From Home During The Coronavirus Outbreak
4 years, 9 months ago

Not That Many Americans Can Actually Work From Home During The Coronavirus Outbreak

Huff Post  

Fewer than 1 in 3 American workers can telework. JaruekChairak via Getty Images As the coronavirus outbreak spreads, more and more companies are urging their employees to work from home to help limit transmission. pic.twitter.com/UVSrlxshSI — Heidi Shierholz March 13, 2020 More than 60% of workers in management, business and finance had the ability to work from home at least …

Coronavirus: How to work from home, the right way
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: How to work from home, the right way

BBC  

Coronavirus: How to work from home, the right way Getty Images A nearly empty office in Boston, Massachusetts on 10 March after staff was asked ot work from home Companies around the globe have rolled out mandatory remote work. Out of sight, out of mind can be a real problem for remote workers – Sara Sutton So when you do …

Laundry Between Emails: Working From Home Goes Viral In The Time Of Coronavirus
4 years, 10 months ago

Laundry Between Emails: Working From Home Goes Viral In The Time Of Coronavirus

NPR  

Laundry Between Emails: Working From Home Goes Viral In The Time Of Coronavirus Enlarge this image Malte Mueller/Getty Images/fStop Malte Mueller/Getty Images/fStop Early one morning last week, Cindy Ruiz joined the ranks of newly remote workers, now millions strong. The financial data firm where Ruiz works in sales closed its office after reports of coronavirus cases near San Mateo, Calif. …

Coronavirus could mean you’ll be working from home. Here’s how to stay productive
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus could mean you’ll be working from home. Here’s how to stay productive

CNN  

As coronavirus continues to spread throughout the US, employees might be asked to work from home. “Turn off notifications during your time off so you aren’t seeing a message that you might be tempted to sneak off to check,” said Teresa Douglas, author of “Working Remotely: Secrets to Success for Employees on Distributed Teams.” Communicate clearly There’s no popping your …

What Will It Be Like To Work During A Coronavirus Outbreak?
4 years, 10 months ago

What Will It Be Like To Work During A Coronavirus Outbreak?

Huff Post  

All Royalty-Free licenses include global use rights. either ‘What are alternatives to those services for some period of time?’ ― which I think we are inevitably going to come to at some stage ― or ‘What sort of personal protective equipment will be made available to them?’ Treat them like first responders.” For example, Kayyem said, delivery workers could be …

Working from home can make you more productive — if you can learn to tame your time
4 years, 11 months ago

Working from home can make you more productive — if you can learn to tame your time

ABC  

Every day, the alarm goes off at the same time: 7am. "Most of the time it's more productive to get work done from home, as you don't get constantly interrupted, you can concentrate and control the level of noise," says Libby Sander, assistant professor of organisational behaviour at Bond University. "Working flexibly solves that — I get feedback on my …

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