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 work, get to share ideas but can work from home when I need it to." "If your role requires you to have strong relationships and bonds with other people, working from home five days a week won't work," she says. "Yet with so many variables — including episodic anxiety and depression which can be triggered by a stressful workplace — having the flexibility to work from home can be very important."

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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 …

5 productivity hacks for people who work from home
1 year, 11 months ago

5 productivity hacks for people who work from home

Hindustan Times  

Working remotely has become a common practice for many. This has led to a significant increase in the number of people working from home in recent years, as well as a shift in attitudes towards remote work. Working from home presents a multitude of advantages, including increased flexibility in terms of scheduling, reduced commute time and costs, improved work-life balance, …

Working From Home Is A Better Deal For Husbands Than Wives, Study Shows
1 year, 11 months ago

Working From Home Is A Better Deal For Husbands Than Wives, Study Shows

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A new study suggests that when it comes to working from home, women in dual-income homes may get a raw deal. “In other words, wives’ working from home reduced husbands’ family task workload, but not the other way around.” The couples in each survey completed two surveys at the end of the night for 14 consecutive workdays. …

Burnout And Isolation: Why No One Should Ignore the Social and Mental Health Impact Of Working From Home
2 years, 2 months ago

Burnout And Isolation: Why No One Should Ignore the Social and Mental Health Impact Of Working From Home

News 18  

The Covid-19 pandemic has spurred on a variety of workplace maladies, including great resignation, quiet quitting, over-employment, labour shortages and conflicts between managers and employees over returning to in-person work. Two new studies highlight the importance of social connection in the workplace and illustrate why working from home may not be the optimal workplace arrangement. The importance of social connection …

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 …

‘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 …

Working from home DOES damage your mental health
2 years, 4 months ago

Working from home DOES damage your mental health

Daily Mail  

Working days that bleed into the evening. Speaking on the podcast Diary Of A CEO last week, the author of The Tipping Point and Outliers said: ‘It’s very hard to feel necessary when you’re physically disconnected,’ adding that ‘as we face the battle that all organisations are facing now in getting people back into the office, it’s really hard to …

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 …

Four in 10 employees say working from home is here to stay
2 years, 9 months ago

Four in 10 employees say working from home is here to stay

Dutch News  

The coronavirus restrictions may be lifted, but four in 10 commuters say they would like to continue to work part of the week at home, according to new research. In particular, people who travel to work by public transport are more likely to want to spend time working from home, the report, drawn up by research group Newcom, said. The …

Four in 10 employees say working from home is here to stay
2 years, 9 months ago

Four in 10 employees say working from home is here to stay

Dutch News  

The coronavirus restrictions may be lifted, but four in 10 commuters say they would like to continue to work part of the week at home, according to new research. In particular, people who travel to work by public transport are more likely to want to spend time working from home, the report, drawn up by research group Newcom, said. The …

How To Trick Yourself Into Thinking Working From Home Is Fun Again
3 years ago

How To Trick Yourself Into Thinking Working From Home Is Fun Again

Huff Post  

Amid the stress of a raging global pandemic, working from home may have initially provided some solace. While it may feel trite, Klapow suggests reflecting on the positive aspects of working from home. “Ask yourself, ‘What can I do here that I could never do at work?’” Working from home doesn’t mean forgoing all structure. But it’s imperative to try …

7 best practices for working from home
3 years ago

7 best practices for working from home

India Today  

Saying that the pandemic has changed the way we live and work is old news. While some may have returned to their normal work routine, many continue to work from home or are undergoing the work routine in a phased manner. Here are a few practices that can be implemented every day to take away the ‘woe’ from ‘working from …

Covid: How to maintain productivity while working from home again
3 years ago

Covid: How to maintain productivity while working from home again

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. …

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 …

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 …

Loneliness drives young workers back to their desks
3 years, 6 months ago

Loneliness drives young workers back to their desks

Live Mint  

Managers hoping to lure employees into offices may find their youngest and newest staff are their strongest allies. Few companies claim to have fully solved the puzzle, yet early career professionals stand to lose out the most if disconnection and “artificial silos” are reinforced once offices reopen, Smets said. Helen Jamieson, managing director of human resources consultancy Jaluch, who has …

WeWork CEO says ‘least engaged’ people want to work from home. What do studies tell us?
3 years, 7 months ago

WeWork CEO says ‘least engaged’ people want to work from home. What do studies tell us?

Hindustan Times  

The chief executive officer of communal work space company WeWork said that “uberly engaged” employees to come back to the office after the pandemic forced them to work from home. WeWork CEO Sandeep Mathrani’s statement triggered a backlash online as he told a remote audience at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival that “least engaged” employees are very …

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 Your Home? Follow These Steps To Build The Right Workspace
3 years, 8 months ago

Working From Your Home? Follow These Steps To Build The Right Workspace

News 18  

The coronavirus restrictions have forced most of the professional population around the world to devise ways to get accustomed to the new culture of working from their homes. Here are a few things to keep in mind to create a productive working space at home: 1. Get an ergonomic office chair and a table that allows you to work at …

Rishi Sunak is right: working from home is a double-edged sword
3 years, 9 months ago

Rishi Sunak is right: working from home is a double-edged sword

The Telegraph  

And, perhaps controversially, I agree with him on several points. But what’s on offer doesn’t seem to be flexible working, what’s on offer is working from home long term. Working from home is a very shiny, steely, double-edged sword, and I fear for those who are being told it’s their future with no debate, no chance for discussion, and no …

Work-life balance during COVID-19: How to get your life back while working from home.
55 years ago

Work-life balance during COVID-19: How to get your life back while working from home.

Slate  

Few people are as knee-deep in our work-related anxieties and sticky office politics as Alison Green, who has been fielding workplace questions for a decade now on her website Ask a Manager. But I often work later in the night to get low-stakes things done while I’m winding down or to make up for time I spent not-working during 9am-5pm. …

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 …

The work-from-home productivity hacks learnt this year
4 years ago

The work-from-home productivity hacks learnt this year

Live Mint  

People may be well adjusted to working from home by now, but it’s been a mixed bag of rewards. “It’s important for me to follow a timetable, the way I used to in school, with time slots for correction, attending skill development webinars and meeting parents and students within set hours,” she says. “Some background music that helps me focus, …

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 …

Unlock 5: Why work from home is the new normal?
4 years, 3 months ago

Unlock 5: Why work from home is the new normal?

India Today  

With a series of changes bought by Covid-19 across all sectors of business and the way of life, the pandemic is nothing short of a revolutionary phase the world has witnessed in the recent past. Embracing work from home even after restrictions ease Before witnessing the pandemic and the prolonged lockdown, the work from home culture was not so popular …

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 …

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 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 …

5 ways to maintain work life balance while working from home
4 years, 7 months ago

5 ways to maintain work life balance while working from home

India Today  

This life we're living was only experienced while reading history books; the bubonic plague, Spanish flu etc. This may seem like an opportunity to amalgamate, spend time with your family like never before, talk to your "long time no see" friends, but, as much as this seems like an opportunity to rejuvenate and find yourself, it may become tiring when …

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 …

Why are some people better at working from home than others?
4 years, 8 months ago

Why are some people better at working from home than others?

BBC  

Why are some people better at working from home than others? People with high frustration tolerances are generally also conscientious workers, who particularly succeed at remote work “If you’re easily getting frustrated, then you’re going to run away from and use avoidance as a coping mechanism, which will shoot you in the foot,” says Pychyl. Highly social, extroverted people may …

Work from home has led to collision of personal and professional lives: Corporate employees' take on WFH
4 years, 8 months ago

Work from home has led to collision of personal and professional lives: Corporate employees' take on WFH

India Today  

Sanjay Budhia, Managing Director, Patton International Limited said that handling foreign and domestic clients has is not the same anymore. You have to do cleaning, dusting, washing, cooking, and at the same time work for the office," Rakhi Chatterjee said. For those who have to work from home apart from taking care of domestic chores, the lockdown has emerged as …

Working from home may be more productive – but nothing beats the conversations we used to have in person
4 years, 8 months ago

Working from home may be more productive – but nothing beats the conversations we used to have in person

The Independent  

My favourite American economist, Tyler Cowen, has dug out a research paper from six years ago about the benefits of working from home. The study found that home working led to a significant improvement in performance, as well as higher worker satisfaction and therefore lower staff turnover – but that home workers were less likely to be promoted. Many of …

People Who Work From Home All The Time Swear By These Sanity-Saving Finds
4 years, 9 months ago

People Who Work From Home All The Time Swear By These Sanity-Saving Finds

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING HuffPost may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. From freelancers to small business owners, the people who’ve worked from home well before the COVID-19 era have a lot of wisdom to share when it comes to productivity at home. Particularly one that involves breaks, said Lauren Harbury, the founder of Feminist Goods …

How To Switch Off From Work When Home Is Your Office
4 years, 9 months ago

How To Switch Off From Work When Home Is Your Office

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, many of us are encouraged to work from home if we can. Then, when you’re relaxing post-work, it’ll help you ward off that feeling you’re chilling in your office, say James Pacey and Rosa Connor, co-founders of Haptivate, who run happiness at work workshops. “It’s good sleep hygiene to only …

More family time and exercise — the benefits of working from home during the coronavirus pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

More family time and exercise — the benefits of working from home during the coronavirus pandemic

ABC  

Kristy Millers is one of many Sydney commuters who often miss out on small moments at home with their families, as they spend hours travelling to and from work. "I was swimming laps at the local pool and coming home and then taking the dog for a walk before I would log onto the computer," she said. "There is still …

How To Work From Home And Actually Get Sh*t Done
4 years, 9 months ago

How To Work From Home And Actually Get Sh*t Done

Huff Post  

Over the next few weeks, the likelihood that people will be working from home is pretty high, particularly in sectors where it’s easy to adopt. “By watching it you’re still stimulating your mind and you don’t get that disconnection from work,” says Chambers. “The most beneficial period is during the afternoon lull – that’s nature’s cue to go and get …

How to do work from home, these apps will help you not to feel isolated
4 years, 9 months ago

How to do work from home, these apps will help you not to feel isolated

India Today  

As several companies across the country are asking their workers to do remote work in response to the spread of Coronavirus, the employees are finding themselves doing work from a new office, i.e., their homes. Initially, the concept of doing work from home might feel like a dream: cosy clothes, no distractions from co-workers, no commute and especially, spending more …

How To Work From Home Without Losing It With Your Partner Or Kids
4 years, 9 months ago

How To Work From Home Without Losing It With Your Partner Or Kids

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As the new coronavirus continues to spread, many people used to working in an office face a new sudden reality: working from home. “We’re going to stick to our regular schedules as much as possible,” said Mikaela Kiner, a Seattle-area executive coach currently working from home with her husband and daughter. In addition, you want to establish …

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