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Pay cut: Google employees who work from home could lose money
Google employees based in the same office before the pandemic could see different changes in pay if they switch to working from home permanently, with long commuters hit harder, according to a company pay calculator seen by Reuters. It is an experiment taking place across Silicon Valley, which often sets trends for other large employers.
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Uber's Call Center Company Uses AI Cameras to Surveil Employee Homes
A call center company that works with big tech companies, goes a step further to install AI-powered cameras to monitor employees in their homes, bedrooms.
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The Great Resignation: How employers drove workers to quit
When the pandemic began, Melissa Villareal was teaching history to middle schoolers at a private school in a wealthy California neighborhood. It was a job and a field she loved. Now, just over a year later, she’s left teaching entirely, to work in industrial design at a large beauty company.
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Salesforce Says ‘9-To-5 Workday Is Dead’ And Employees Will Only Come Into The Office One To Three Days A Week
In late August, Salesforce, a leading cloud-based, software-as-a-service company, announced that its employees may work from home until at least July 31. Brent Hyder, Salesforce president and chief people officer, wrote in a blog post at the time empathetically explaining the company’s decision, “We understand that moving our offices to our homes is not always easy or comfortable—especially for those with families...
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Nine-to-five office work cycle is being broken, bank boss says
When Matt Elliott started his career, you were expected to be at your desk from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. “I feel that’s being broken now,” he said. As Bank of Ireland’s chief people officer , he is encouraging staff to think about how they use the office when they finally reopen, not to come in for tasks they could do at home and save themselves a commute into the bargain.
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'Great Resignation' gains steam as return-to-work plans take effect
In the wake of the Covid pandemic, a growing number of workers are rethinking what they want in a job and a lifestyle.
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Facebook extends its work-at-home policy to most employees
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will allow all full-time employees to work from home if their jobs can be done remotely.
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How software got so noisy, and why it's probably going to stay that way
Working remotely has brought more emails, chat messages and meetings. They have led to more software sounds, which isn't getting drowning out by office noise.
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Apple Staff Complain About Plans for Return to Office Work in Letter to Tim Cook
A large group of Apple employees are opposing the company's plans to require three days of in-person work a week from September, according to a internal letter seen by The Verge. In the detailed letter sent yesterday afternoon, addressed to CEO Tim Cook and the company's executive leadership, the Apple employees said that they want a more flexible approach where those who want to work remotely are able to do so.
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The Future Of Remote Working In 2021
The COVID-19 outbreak has changed our work environment and how we interact with our colleagues in the place of work. The sudden shift towards remote working presents a great opportunity to reshape and reinvent the future of the workplace after the pandemic. While in the past we defined work based on an office location, several experts predict that in the future, a good number of employees will be allowed to work from remote locations as long as they are connected to the web.
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"Daddy, I need to poop!" Son interrupts government official during a live interview on TV
A secretary of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs tried to explain the topic of covid-19 passports. But his little son had more important update to share with the audience. Working from home while taking care of the children is something that has become a norm for many during the times of the covid-19 pandemic. And sometimes, this setup leads to rather uncontrollable situations.
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PwC says start when you like, leave when you like
Accountancy giant staff can choose the hours they work and mix home and office following pandemic.
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WFH: Aberration or Future?
Work from home expert Nicholas Bloom, a Stanford economist, says office space will get more collaborative, and you’ll still be working from home (just not as much).
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The Hottest New Title in Tech: Head of Remote Work
Early this fall, as companies began hiring executives to make remote work a long-term reality, a buzzy new job gained traction in Silicon Valley: The Director of Remote Work.
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Working from Home: The Best Tools to Work Remotely in 2020
Remote work has many different names, such as telecommuting, working from home, or remote working. Check out the top best tools to stay productive.
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Microsoft to reportedly allow its 150,000 employees to work from home permanently, the latest tech giant to do so
Even when stay-at-home measures for the coronavirus pandemic are lifted, Microsoft employees won't be required to come back to the office. According to an internal Microsoft memo obtained by The Verge, Microsoft employees will be allowed to work from home for less than half of their work week. Pending manager approval, some employees will be allowed to work from home full time.
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54% of adults want to work remotely most of the time after the pandemic, according to a new study from IBM
The coronavirus pandemic has created global shifts in the way people work, shop, and socialize. While not every change created during the quarantined lifestyle of the pandemic will stick, many employees hope that working from home will. A survey conducted by IBM found that 54% of employees would prefer to primarily work remotely.
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The new residency schemes inviting workers abroad
Amid Covid-19, new programmes are popping up that invite workers to settle abroad and work remotely. Could we all soon become ‘digital nomads’?
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What the Dutch can teach the world about remote work
The Netherlands may have figured out something about working from home (pandemic or no) that the rest of the world has yet to learn.
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What if You Don’t Want to Go Back to the Office?
Millions of Americans are taking part in an unprecedented experiment in working from home. Many are happier, more efficient and want to hang onto the benefits when the pandemic ends.
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