You’d think, by now, we’d have the problems with hybrid work figured out. But there’s still no panacea for employees, their managers and the HR pros who facilitate it. Despite that, employees want hybrid, flexible work. The most recent data is telling: Almost 55% of employees expect to continue a hybrid schedule going forward, a […]
A lot has changed since the pandemic started, but perhaps nothing was more impacted than work locations. Many workers who worked a traditional 9-5 were used to the usual commute and problems that office life had. Suddenly, they were opened up to a new possibility – working from home. Now, almost three years in, many […]
Humans are most definitely social creatures. While there are plenty of benefits to working remotely, it can be lonely. So it’s important to take extra steps to engage remote employees. An MIT survey found 22% of employees often or always felt isolated from others when working from home. While many companies have transitioned to a […]
You want employees to come back to the office. They don’t want to. Why? The problem may be you. Many employers still don’t make the office a place people want to be. So when more and more companies called for a return to work on Labor Day, more and more employees resisted. Almost two-thirds of […]
It’s no secret that many prefer remote work – a study from McKinsey & Company found that 87% of employees who were offered remote work took the opportunity. The study also showed that a flexible work environment is one of the top three motivating factors for finding a new job. However, a new study found […]
Many workers have gotten used to the comfort and convenience that remote work has brought. Now, as many companies are pushing for a return to in-office work, employees are pushing back. Is a return to the office important enough for Apple to risk unionizing? Many see the signs and symptoms of unionizing in Apple workers’ […]
Best-selling author and entrepreneur Malcolm Gladwell recently came under fire for criticizing work-from-home positions … despite working from home himself for decades. Gladwell, who authored books such as Blink and Outlier, was recently on the podcast “Diary of a CEO” where he shared his thoughts about working from home, and people are not happy. Let’s […]
When the pandemic first hit, video-meeting technology, like Zoom and Teams, saved the day for many businesses. Then video-meeting fatigue hit and everyone started complaining, saying they were tied to their computers because people were holding too many meetings. Fast forward to a little more than two years later and people are now saying they […]
Almost everyone says they want flexibility these days. Some even demand it. But two researchers found what they say isn’t exactly what they want. “What it seems they really want is autonomy,” say Holger Reisinger and Dane Fetterer, researchers at Jabra in their work published in Harvard Business Review. “Within the context of hybrid work, […]
