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 workdays overall. The business world’s apparent move towards remote work is good news not only for companies themselves and their employees, but also for the wider society and the environment. Businesses can help the fight against climate change and protect public health by continuing to support remote work where possible even after the end of this pandemic. Remote work would also help reduce some of the disadvantages women have in the workplace and contribute to maternal and infant heath.

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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 …

Global Work From Home Day 2024: Date, Theme, History, and Significance
9 months ago

Global Work From Home Day 2024: Date, Theme, History, and Significance

The Quint  

Remote work existed long before it was introduced globally during Covid-19 pandemic. Global Work From Home Day is a day to recognize and celebrate the benefits of working from home, and to encourage more people to adopt this work lifestyle. The Industrial Revolution led to the introduction of factories and office buildings, which disrupted the traditional routine of traders, who …

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 …

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

5 Ways to Work Remotely (and Effectively) for the Long Haul
1 year, 3 months ago

5 Ways to Work Remotely (and Effectively) for the Long Haul

Wired  

Covid-19 made remote work a reality for a lot of people, but for me, it was business as usual. Have a Designated Work Space That Is Not Where You Sleep There’s an old saying that beds should be used for just two things. I don’t necessarily recommend that—it didn’t do great things for my back—but it maintained the needed distance …

Companies using software to track remote workers, many fired when not seen working near computer
1 year, 4 months ago

Companies using software to track remote workers, many fired when not seen working near computer

India Today  

Remote working is becoming a preferred way of working for many job professionals around the globe. A recent report by Business Insider revealed that many companies across the globe are now using software to surveil their employees and keep track of their work during office hours. "We help companies get peace of mind with productivity analytics,"said Carlo Borja, Time Doctor's …

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 …

Remote work gave them a reprieve from racism. They don’t want to go back
1 year, 5 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, 5 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 …

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 …

From Remote Hiring To Redesigning Spaces: How Digital Technology Can Change The Way We Work
1 year, 6 months ago

From Remote Hiring To Redesigning Spaces: How Digital Technology Can Change The Way We Work

ABP News  

By Jaymin Bhuptani In just a few years’ time, the pandemic brought several years of transformation in all the sectors and domains that businesses operate in. Remote Hiring To Bridge Talent Gap Talent acquisition and retention continue to be major concerns for companies across the globe. Remote hiring has emerged as a viable solution to bridge this talent gap, enabling …

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 …

In 2023, your remote work comes at a cost
1 year, 10 months ago

In 2023, your remote work comes at a cost

Live Mint  

Employees who prefer working from home are finding it tougher to navigate the job market, the latest YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey suggests. Around 54% of the respondents who find remote work useful said finding a job was “difficult" nowadays, whereas the share was 43% among those who see benefits of working from the office. One gave them a list of eight …

When the workplace is your respite
2 years, 1 month ago

When the workplace is your respite

Live Mint  

For Jesintha Devaraj, 27, a PhD scholar of translation studies at the University of Hyderabad, working from home proved to be game-changing. Of course, many working Indian women had already been doing the “double shift”, working at their day job and then managing household affairs, mainly single-handedly, long before the pandemic. Your workplace becomes just yours—a space and niche to …

‘Work from home’ hinders creativity and innovation, claims study
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Work from home’ hinders creativity and innovation, claims study

Hindustan Times  

Now your boss has compelling scientific data to ask you to return to the office, abandoning work from home setup. A new study reported by MIT news suggests that a remote working environment has a negative impact on our work relationship, which impairs innovation and creativity in our job. The study says that email communications between different research units fell …

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 …

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 …

Op-Ed: Of course many people of color prefer remote work. It helps dodge office weirdness
2 years, 9 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, 11 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, 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 …

Remote work and the importance of writing
2 years, 11 months ago

Remote work and the importance of writing

The Economist  

Listen to this story. “The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen,” reckoned Lee Iacocca, a quotable titan of the American car industry. Andrew Bosworth, a bigwig at Meta, has a blog in which he muses interestingly on many topics, including on writing itself: “In my experience, discussion expands the space of possibilities while …

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, 3 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 …

Dropbox billionaire predicts 40-hour workweek will become a ‘thing of the past’
3 years, 3 months ago

Dropbox billionaire predicts 40-hour workweek will become a ‘thing of the past’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Research commissioned this summer by IWG plc surveyed 1,000 …

For new hires, remote work brings challenges, opportunities
3 years, 3 months ago

For new hires, remote work brings challenges, opportunities

Associated Press  

LONDON — Rebekah Ingram’s remote internship has come with a series of unexpected challenges: She lacks a proper office set-up, her mother often calls for her while she works, and her dog barks during video calls. you’re working but … you’re in your own environment,” said the 22-year-old, who is interning at Like Minded Females Network, a global tech and …

Silicon Valley finds remote work is easier to begin than end
3 years, 4 months ago

Silicon Valley finds remote work is easier to begin than end

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I thought this period of remote work would be …

What bosses really think about remote work
3 years, 4 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 …

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 …

Remote work is the new signing bonus
3 years, 6 months ago

Remote work is the new signing bonus

Live Mint  

After almost a year and a half of working from home, many white-collar employees say they are not willing to return to corporate offices full-time. Hardly anyone will return to Allstate’s offices full time, Ms. Blair says, after employees expressed in surveys that they didn’t want to and the company found most functions don’t require an office setting. “Instead of …

Less office space, more video screens: How one company is embracing hybrid work
3 years, 7 months ago

Less office space, more video screens: How one company is embracing hybrid work

LA Times  

A paper sheet is taped atop a television screen at Clorox Co.’s newly redesigned headquarters. “Everybody wants to know how many days they’ll work on site and how many at home,” Marriner said. “We’ll use July to December as an extended transition period,” Marriner said, and use data and direct experience to begin to make decisions on new work arrangements. …

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 …

Tech giants who made remote working possible now turn their backs on it
3 years, 9 months ago

Tech giants who made remote working possible now turn their backs on it

The Telegraph  

A return to work will feel like returning to school after an extended summer holiday for younger employees. “I just started enjoying WFH, but they want us back now,” says one anonymous Amazon worker. “When we all get called back into the office in summer, people working remotely will end up getting sidelined,” wrote a Facebook worker. “But it really …

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 …

A proposed bill of rights for the remote worker
3 years, 9 months ago

A proposed bill of rights for the remote worker

Live Mint  

The past year has seen millions of employees transition to remote work—often under pretty rotten conditions. There is, unfortunately, no work-from-home equivalent of a Miranda warning: a list of the rights employees can expect as remote workers to ensure their fair treatment in the new workplace. It’s the duty of your employer to provide you with the infrastructure you need …

Work Life Balance: Your Workplace May Have A Hybrid Working Model And WFH Isn’t Going Anywhere
3 years, 9 months ago

Work Life Balance: Your Workplace May Have A Hybrid Working Model And WFH Isn’t Going Anywhere

News 18  

Work from home and hybrid working may just be how things are in the foreseeable future. If nothing else, let us just say that work from home will still be a thing for the time being and for companies that do resume work at offices, a hybrid style of working that sees part of the workforce return to offices while …

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 …

How can colleagues support each other better while working from home?
3 years, 11 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 …

How To Have a Productive Work From Home Experience
4 years, 2 months ago

How To Have a Productive Work From Home Experience

The Quint  

With remote working being the new normal, your home is now also your workspace. By following the right practices, you can have a productive work from home experience. From how to create an optimal work environment at home to recommending good practices to follow, the guide tells you everything you must know about a smooth and secure remote working experience. …

Companies offer remote perks as employees work from home
4 years, 3 months ago

Companies offer remote perks as employees work from home

Live Mint  

ERNAKULAM: On Onam, Kerala’s major festival, consulting firm EY let employees upload recorded songs and photos in an internal forum to virtually celebrate the occasion. These are vignettes from a new trend of remote perks emerging as companies are heading into their seventh month of lockdown due to the pandemic, with no clear plan for reopening offices. “Companies that used …

What remote jobs tell us about inequality
4 years, 3 months ago

What remote jobs tell us about inequality

BBC  

What remote jobs tell us about inequality Alamy Not every worker in every job can hit the ground running in a home-work set-up. Alamy While about 97% of legal work and 88% of jobs in business and finance could be done remotely, only 3% in transport and 1% in farming, fisheries and forestry could The ability to transition to remote …

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 …

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 …

Can remote working make life easier for new moms?
4 years, 6 months ago

Can remote working make life easier for new moms?

Hindustan Times  

Ask any new mother how she feels about turning the ignition on her career after a maternity break and her response will be synonymous with the words ‘struggle’, ‘challenge’, ‘demanding’ and so on. Although working cultures across the globe have undergone drastic changes, little has been done to make the transition for new mothers back to the workforce an easier …

Why I will never let our employees go fully remote after the pandemic (opinion)
4 years, 7 months ago

Why I will never let our employees go fully remote after the pandemic (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: JT McCormick serves as president and CEO of Scribe Media, a publishing company that helps you write, publish and market your book. Don’t get me wrong — at our company, Scribe Media, we closed our Austin-based offices and went to remote work before the state of Texas issued stay-at-home orders. According to Alex Pentland, director of MIT Connection …

Tech giants are embracing remote work. Others may follow
4 years, 7 months ago

Tech giants are embracing remote work. Others may follow

Associated Press  

OAKLAND, Calif. — For a preview of the future of office work, watch how the biggest tech companies are preparing for a post-pandemic world. The companies are studying what their highly-paid, highly-valued employees want, using their own technology to make remote work easier and looking to hire new workers outside of big city hubs. Zuckerberg said a Facebook employee survey …

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