We don’t need to go back to the office to be creative, we need AI
3 years, 10 months ago

We don’t need to go back to the office to be creative, we need AI

Wired  

Despite predictions of the death of the office in the 1990s, remote working has been slow to take off. In 2015, researchers at Stanford University found that remote work increased performance by 13 per cent due to fewer breaks, sick-days and a quieter working environment. While working from home brings efficiency gains in the short run, the danger is that it will imperil the innovation that drives business performance over the long run. Based on employees’ emails, Google searches and other data, AI algorithms will be able to deduce what people are working on and their current interests and will act upon that by making digital introductions that would otherwise not have happened. As more companies grapple with the problem of powering innovation at a time when many are forced to work from home, we will see more AI applications being developed to promote sporadic digital encounters in 2021.

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Remote Work Uncovered: Jooble’s Perspective
1 month, 1 week ago

Remote Work Uncovered: Jooble’s Perspective

NL Times  

Although remote work as a concept existed for decades, the COVID-19 pandemic skyrocketed the opportunities in this regard. Remote Work Uncovered: Jooble’s Perspective As a job aggregator, Jooble hosts millions of job openings all over the world. There are several reasons for that: The lockdown showed that employees tend to be more productive and more satisfied with their jobs in …

What working from home is really doing to your health
10 months, 4 weeks 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, 3 weeks 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 …

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 …

The fight over working from home goes global
1 year, 5 months ago

The fight over working from home goes global

Live Mint  

Remote work has a target on its back. Across the world, plans for remote working by employers fall short of what workers want, according to WFH Research, a group that includes Stanford University and the Ifo Institute, a German think-tank, which has tracked the sentiment of full-time workers with at least a secondary education in 34 countries. Communication records of …

The simmering tension between remote and in-office workers
2 years, 9 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 …

The 'ghost colleagues' of the remote workplace
2 years, 9 months ago

The 'ghost colleagues' of the remote workplace

BBC  

The 'ghost colleagues' of the remote workplace Getty Images Remote working during the pandemic shrank employees’ worlds. Even if people didn’t directly work together or weren’t on the same team, employees had at least some colleagues to exchange a few casual words with throughout the workday. Getty Images Casual chats with officemates outside a team were a staple of in-person …

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, …

Silicon Valley companies find remote work is easier to begin than end as they look to bring employees back to the office
3 years, 3 months ago

Silicon Valley companies find remote work is easier to begin than end as they look to bring employees back to the office

ABC  

Technology companies that led the charge into remote work as the pandemic unfurled are confronting a new challenge as the crisis winds down: how, when and even whether they should bring long-isolated employees back to offices that have been designed for teamwork. Key points: Tech companies led the charge at the beginning of the pandemic for remote working Some believe …

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 …

Salesforce exec discusses post-pandemic playbook for work
3 years, 6 months ago

Salesforce exec discusses post-pandemic playbook for work

Associated Press  

After reshaping their businesses to deal with threats posed by the pandemic, many companies are facing another daunting challenge: how to bring remote workers back to the office when people are still debating face masks and not everyone has received the COVID-19 vaccine. A: Quite honestly, in the U.S., I am not sure people are super ready to get back …

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 …

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 …

Hybrid Remote Work Offers the Worst of Both Worlds
4 years, 5 months ago

Hybrid Remote Work Offers the Worst of Both Worlds

Wired  

Remote work, once considered a novelty or an odd experiment, has become a necessity for many businesses in the Covid-19 world. Despite recent successes with remote work, employers are reopening offices to some of their employees to encourage social bonding, reinforce culture, and increase business collaboration. If an office is the “glue,” and processes and systems don’t adapt for a …

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 …

Remote work is good for business, and the world
4 years, 7 months ago

Remote work is good for business, and the world

Al Jazeera  

In the last few months, as it became clear that the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus would eventually overwhelm health services, governments around the world started to mandate social distancing in public places to protect their citizens. It has also been established that remote work leads workers to take fewer sick days and less vacation time, resulting in more …

99.8% of the workforce are incapable of remote working: Study
4 years, 8 months ago

99.8% of the workforce are incapable of remote working: Study

India Today  

The SCIKEY Mind Match Report reveals that 99.8 percent of the workforce are incapable of working from home and only 0.02 percent is Work from Home Champions and showcase highly productivity atributes. To drive successful business outcomes, companies need to encourage high productivity for their remote working employees. The study identified 17 percent of employees as Instruction driven and need …

Opinion | Get equipped quick to work from home
4 years, 9 months ago

Opinion | Get equipped quick to work from home

Live Mint  

Technology gaps need to be filled for companies to transition seamlessly to a work-from-home environment in exceptional times like these and ensure business continuity. Get ready to work from home: Most companies are not yet there in having the right infrastructure and tools to enable a mass remote working scenario. Going beyond essential devices, companies also need to think about …

Understanding remote working against the backdrop of a pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

Understanding remote working against the backdrop of a pandemic

The Hindu  

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Coronavirus-related or otherwise, here's why working from home is highly overrated
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus-related or otherwise, here's why working from home is highly overrated

Firstpost  

Research found the ideal amount of work-from-home time is 1 1/2 days per week — enough to participate in office culture along with time for work. In his blog post last week, he wrote that it “might also offer an opportunity for many companies to finally build a culture that allows long-overdue work flexibility.” I get where he’s coming from. …

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

Coronavirus: How to work from home, the right way

BBC  

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‘Can everyone mute?’ Coronavirus means we must telecommute. We’re not ready
4 years, 10 months ago

‘Can everyone mute?’ Coronavirus means we must telecommute. We’re not ready

LA Times  

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