IBM’s software unit issues global return to office mandate
Employees in IBM’s software division have become the latest tech workers to face a return-to-office mandate, in this case requiring them to be in the...
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As UAW seeks 4-day workweek, the idea gains ground with US workers
Now, look who wants a four-day workweek: the United Auto Workers (UAW). The union is negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement between the Big Three...
Meta employees who flout new return-to-office mandate face termination
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has doubled down on its return-to-office policy, with the social media giant’s Head of People Lori...
Biden: Get federal workers back in the office
US President Joe Biden is telling his Cabinet members to get federal employees back into the office beginning this fall, according to a White House...
Return-to-office mandates rise as worker productivity drops
When Bill Mandaria was a young architect decades ago, he would follow senior designers around his office to pick their brains to learn the profession....
Biamp’s Parlé, and the need to design a better remote conference room
Biamp recently sent me the company’s relatively new Parlé conferencing bar; it’s arguably the best I’ve tested (and since it’s also one of the most...
Microsoft touts Windows 365 Frontline: 1 subscription for up to 3 workers
Microsoft today unveiled Windows 365 Frontline: a Cloud PC option aimed at frontline, shift, and part-time workers. The new subscription to Windows 365 allows organizations to purchase...
Is Apple really joining the WFH counter-revolution?
When it comes to the future of work, it appears Apple is becoming more reactionary, leaning heavily into presenteeism rather than achievement-based management across its...
Gen Zers and millennials split over the appeal of remote work
Older employees want to work fully remote nearly twice as much as younger ones, according to a new study by job search site Joblist. The study...
Q&A: How to create workplace culture in a time of remote work
As companies settle into the reality that hybrid and remote work will dominate tech and other ‘knowledge worker’ industries for the foreseeable future, the next...