Guess who wants to come to work in your office? Gen Z. According to Gallup research, just 23% of Gen Z would choose remote work, while 35% of the older generations — Baby Boomers, Gen X and millennials — want it. Let’s put this in perspective: Gen Z is the same group of people who […]
If you love the hybrid workplace, you are going to hate this research. If you care about employee engagement, company culture and workplace productivity, you’re going to love it. Either way, if you’re in HR, you need to hear it. The Facts on Hybrid In the wake of increased corporate demands for a full return […]
Remote, hybrid, office — what works best now? Five years after COVID forced nearly everyone home, many companies are still figuring out what their new work norm is. Some threw down the gauntlet with an office-forward strategy to preserve company culture. Meanwhile, others embraced the COVID-forced reinvention and stuck with a remote-first strategy for major […]
Have you heard about a newer workplace trend? Maybe not, because employees have been quiet about Hush Trips so far. Hush Trips – when employees’ getaways overlap with their working hours and days, but they don’t tell you where they’re working – allow time for exploring and relaxing. While the term might be new, people […]
People who don’t even work at Amazon are up in arms over its newest workplace policy: Return to Office (RTO). Employees everywhere who love their hybrid or remote gigs fear Amazon’s RTO edict — everyone at corporate back in the office five days a week with or without incentives – will set a precedent for […]
Many employees at companies around the globe have done more than make arguments for more remote work: They’ve demanded it. And they might be onto something. In fact, many companies find work from home (WFH) is their competitive advantage. Still, HR is stuck in the middle of the WFH v. RTO (return to office, that […]
Many high-profile executives and big-name companies have done more than make arguments for a return to office (RTO): They’ve demanded it. And they might be onto something — something many employees aren’t fond of. Now, HR is stuck in the middle of the RTO v. WFH (work from home, that is). In this HRMorning post, […]
Some employees are acting like scouts these days. They’re working on a badge — the Coffee Badge. But we doubt Coffee Badging is something you want them to do. When Coffee Badging, employees check in just long enough to swipe their building ID, grab a cup of Joe, be seen and head home like an […]
Hybrid teams are everywhere. Literally. But their managers aren’t exactly equipped to lead them. Almost 60% of hybrid team managers were never trained on how to effectively lead people in a hybrid environment, a Gallup poll found. Many in the study admitted they struggle with communication, engagement and trust. Training managers to specifically lead hybrid […]
The pandemic permanently changed how we live and work. Businesses have had to revisit what it means to be a remote-first company to survive the modern world. Now, if companies don’t offer at least hybrid work options, they risk losing not just potential candidates, but current employees, too. Working remotely benefits employees and their employers […]
It may be unintentional, but proximity bias is a growing reality in the hybrid workplace — and HR leaders want to be sure it doesn’t happen. It’s a crisis of visibility: People in powerful, decision-making positions tend to treat employees who are physically closer to them more favorably than those who aren’t. And most of […]
For many, hybrid work is a godsend. For others, hybrid work can hurt culture, connection and collaboration. For one company in particular, hybrid work caused it to collapse. And while some companies might not admit they have hybrid work issues, their calls for a full return to office (RTO) suggest it isn’t panning out. Still, […]
