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Amazon’s RTO charge is just layoffs in disguise, experts say

The tech mammoth’s RTO push is wildly unpopular—and that could be exactly what it wants.

Fortune

‘The new normal’: work from home is here to stay, US data shows

The same percentage of employed people who worked remotely in 2023 is the same as the previous year, a survey found

The Guardian - US

Remote work guru Nick Bloom thinks we'll never go back to the office full-time—but 'maintaining discipline is important'

“The most creative mode seems to be for individuals spending time both in groups and working alone.”

Fortune

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Bosses and workers still can't agree on whether the commute is part of the work day

When it comes to remote work (and whether it’s actually as productive as being in the office), the problem boils down to differences in perspective.

Fortune

E2E 100 partner IWG Plc reveals why enterprises are fully embracing the hybrid model

The way we work has been in flux for several years, says IWG’s Chief Commercial Officer Fatima Koning - but as the dust settles, it’s clear that the hybrid model is best for people, profits and the planet

The Independent UK

E2E 100 partner IWG: how CFOs are reassessing their real-estate footprint in the face of the economic downturn

As we navigate an increasingly uncertain economic landscape, adopting a hybrid work model unarguably delivers a win-win for CFOs and the employees of businesses everywhere, says Mark Dixon, Founder and CEO of IWG.

The Independent UK

‘The office is for socializing’: how work from home has revolutionized work

Even as some firms are mandating workers come into the office, work from home has permanently changed the work landscape

The Guardian - US

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Remote work is more popular in English-speaking countries. Experts can’t figure out why

It’s probably owing to management style and culture, Nick Bloom posits—but no one can say for sure.

Fortune

WFH's staunchest proponents just dropped a bomb: Fully remote workers are less productive

Fully remote work is associated with 10% to 20% lower productivity than fully in-person work, WFH Research finds.

Fortune

Your workers feel that a full return to the office is like a 2% to 3% pay cut

Going back to watercooler conversations a full five days a week makes employees want to quit as much as their pay getting cut, a Federal Reserve survey found.

Fortune

Here Are the Top 10 Cities for Remote Jobs

A new survey lists the U.S. cities where work-from-home jobs are most plentiful.

The Street

New data shows WFH is dying out. A remote work guru says that's false

More than 72% of firms said employees worked remotely rarely or not at all last year. But Nick Bloom says it's hard to make conclusions based on that.

Fortune

What Jacob Rees-Mogg, Alan Sugar and the Daily Mail get wrong about home working

While the right rails against ‘lazy layabouts’ and ‘woke workplaces’, workers know productivity and happiness can improve, says professor of organisational behaviour André Spicer

The Guardian - UK

Remote work could save firms $206 billion and ease pressure on the Fed

The rise of remote work could make the Federal Reserve’s task of taming inflation a bit easier, while saving employers more than $200 billion, according to new research.

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Denver’s largest skyscraper in 40 years set to rise at 1900 Lawrence

The pandemic sent a majority of office workers home in March 2020, and many have yet to return, putting pressure on office markets across the country, including in Denver, where nearly a fourth of the leasable office space in the first quarter was classified as vacant.

The Guardian - UK

Five things every employer should know about making hybrid really work

With staff coming to expect new ways of working to remain permanent, here are five ways businesses can improve the employee experience

Bangkok Post

California Considers Four-Day Workweek

Which is better: A four-day workweek or five?

Los Angeles Times

Workers are suing their bosses to get their work-from-home costs reimbursed

In the more than two years since the pandemic shut down many offices, white-collar employees across the country have been forced to set up desks in cluttered kitchens and cramped bedrooms, reinventing how to work, day in day out, on the fly.

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The Guardian - US

America is entering the great experiment of hybrid work

Companies will need to find a new model that works for them and their employees – many of whom prefer to work at home some days

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: That big tech exodus out of California turns out to be a bust

Wannabe innovation hubs from coast to coast have been slavering over the prospect that the work-from-home revolution triggered by the COVID pandemic would finally break the stranglehold that California and Silicon Valley have had on high-tech jobs.

Tribune News Service

Por qué el teletrabajo está cambiando el trabajo para siempre—si trabajas en el lugar correcto

Cuando la pandemia llegó hace dos años, millones de personas empezaron a trabajar desde casa porque tenían que hacerlo. Ahora que la pandemia empieza a remitir, millones de personas siguen trabajando desde casa, esta vez porque prefieren hacerlo.

Tribune News Service

Why remote jobs are changing work for good — if you’re working in the right place

When the pandemic hit two years ago, millions of people started working from home because they had to. As the pandemic starts to ease, millions are still working from home — this time because they prefer to.

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