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  • Companies are using water coolers to track employees coming to office March 09, 2023 11:48 AM IST

    Companies are using water coolers to track employees coming to office

    Bevi, a US-based startup that makes 'smart' water dispensers for offices and commercial spaces, tracks data on the amount of water poured from its devices.

  • Full-time office work is ‘dead’: Experts on the future of remote work March 06, 2023 04:06 PM IST

    Full-time office work is ‘dead’: Experts on the future of remote work

    Companies such as Amazon and Starbucks, which announced a stricter return-to-office policy, faced a backlash from employees.

  • Days of authoritarian leadership diminishing: Wipro chairman Rishad Premji March 01, 2023 03:13 PM IST

    Days of authoritarian leadership diminishing: Wipro chairman Rishad Premji

    Rishad Premji believes that leaders who can empathise and connect with people are very powerful. The Wipro chairman also said that it is important to encourage an environment of risk-taking and celebrate failures.

  • Employee sues bank for forcing him to work from home March 01, 2023 11:25 AM IST

    Employee sues bank for forcing him to work from home

    A financial planner has sued the Commonwealth Bank Australia over a job transfer that required him to work 100% remotely.

  • Over 40% of people with desk jobs feel burned out at work: Survey February 16, 2023 06:30 PM IST

    Over 40% of people with desk jobs feel burned out at work: Survey

    Economic uncertainty, fear of getting laid off, and rising pressure to work from office have added to workplace discontent, Future Forum researchers stated.

  • What are ‘hush trips’ and why are they becoming more popular? February 08, 2023 02:00 PM IST

    What are ‘hush trips’ and why are they becoming more popular?

    As life returns to normal and travel sees a surge after months of pandemic-related restrictions, one trend is projected to become more popular this year – hush trips.

  • Does working remote blur work-home balance? IIT, IIM study finds the answer January 22, 2023 05:45 PM IST

    Does working remote blur work-home balance? IIT, IIM study finds the answer

    Most employees found the 'work-family conflict' unbearable, the study found.

  • Disney asks employees to return to office four days a week January 11, 2023 02:37 PM IST

    Disney asks employees to return to office four days a week

    The development comes in the face of a much softer approach by other global companies, which continue to operate in a hybrid model, mandating only two or three days of office work per week.

  • Billionaire entrepreneur says letting people work from home is 'staggeringly self-defeating' December 13, 2022 01:00 PM IST

    Billionaire entrepreneur says letting people work from home is 'staggeringly self-defeating'

    "It (work from home) prevents the collaboration and in-person training that we need to develop new technology and maintain competitiveness against global rivals," the business magnet stated.

  • Simplified WFH norms for SEZ IT units to drive business ease, flexibility: Nasscom December 09, 2022 05:01 PM IST

    Simplified WFH norms for SEZ IT units to drive business ease, flexibility: Nasscom

    The government on Thursday permitted complete work-from-home option to employees of IT units in a special economic zone till December 2023.

  • Microsoft expects correction in cloud spending as clients return to office: Irina Ghose December 08, 2022 11:29 AM IST

    Microsoft expects correction in cloud spending as clients return to office: Irina Ghose

    Microsoft India COO Irina Ghose believes that client investments in newer technologies such as data and AI will enable it to provide competitive differentiation to its customers.

  • Unacademy CEO's advice to founders: ‘Ban remote work’ November 17, 2022 04:32 PM IST

    Unacademy CEO's advice to founders: ‘Ban remote work’

    Gaurav Munjal says the first piece of advice he gives to early-stage founders is to ban remote work in their organisations.

  • No free food, 80-hour weeks: Elon Musk tells Twitter staff in first meeting November 11, 2022 02:28 PM IST

    No free food, 80-hour weeks: Elon Musk tells Twitter staff in first meeting

    Elon Musk hosted an all-hands meeting at Twitter's San Francisco headquarters on Thursday, fielding questions about attrition and the end of remote work.

  • Elon Musk ends ‘work from home’ for Twitter staff November 10, 2022 04:50 PM IST

    Elon Musk ends ‘work from home’ for Twitter staff

    Nearly two years after Twitter announced a “permanent” work from home policy for employees, the platform’s new owner Elon Musk has asked staff to return to office immediately.

  • Delhi minister Gopal Rai calls meeting on November 7 on reopening primary schools, revoking work-from-home November 06, 2022 07:39 PM IST

    Delhi minister Gopal Rai calls meeting on November 7 on reopening primary schools, revoking work-from-home

    A decision on reopening primary schools and revocation of the order asking 50 per cent of the government staff to work from home is likely to be taken at the meeting

  • Offices are better for mingling than for focusing October 25, 2022 06:57 PM IST

    Offices are better for mingling than for focusing

    The office will become a place workers return to willingly, if less frequently, if it offers something they can’t get at home: camaraderie.

  • Resignations increased at companies that ended work-from-home: Survey October 20, 2022 12:37 PM IST

    Resignations increased at companies that ended work-from-home: Survey

    Companies that ended work from home saw a spike in resignations this year, according to a survey conducted by Aon, an HR solutions firm.

  • Only 9% companies allowed WFH as of August, most embrace hybrid culture: Aon Survey October 20, 2022 03:24 PM IST

    Only 9% companies allowed WFH as of August, most embrace hybrid culture: Aon Survey

    The survey also highlighted that those companies which announced their back-to-office plan witnessed high attrition in August

  • As Wipro, TCS resume work from office, IT employees look for flexible job options October 19, 2022 06:05 PM IST

    As Wipro, TCS resume work from office, IT employees look for flexible job options

    Several employees want to quit because they see their employer’s orders of returning to office as restrictive, making them spend time on commuting and preventing them from pursuing other hobbies and passions.

  • 55% bosses think WFH staff must be monitored, finds study October 18, 2022 02:15 PM IST

    55% bosses think WFH staff must be monitored, finds study

    The bosses found it acceptable to collect information on the amount of time their employees spent on laptops each day and their behaviour around sending emails to identify the risk of burnout, the study found.

  • What's better than WFH? UK pubs now attract customers with WFP October 12, 2022 06:11 PM IST

    What's better than WFH? UK pubs now attract customers with WFP

    Several chains across the UK are now offering deals from only £7 a day to attract remote workers amid the ongoing cost of living crisis.

  • Employees who work remote are more anxious about money, finds study October 12, 2022 05:04 PM IST

    Employees who work remote are more anxious about money, finds study

    The study claimed that the stress is becoming too much to handle with 53 per cent of them predicting that they’ll be at a financial “breaking point” soon.

  • HCLTech to open new campus in Brazil, plans to add 1,000 employees October 05, 2022 06:28 PM IST

    HCLTech to open new campus in Brazil, plans to add 1,000 employees

    The company is a top employer in Brazil and is scaling up operations thereby adding local and global client base across industries.

  • Harsh Goenka makes a case for working from office. See his hilarious post September 30, 2022 12:47 PM IST

    Harsh Goenka makes a case for working from office. See his hilarious post

    RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka is of the opinion that working from office offers more benefits that working from home. Take a look at his hilarious tweet.

  • Heart disease cases spike in India; Covid, WFH add to worry September 29, 2022 11:38 AM IST

    Heart disease cases spike in India; Covid, WFH add to worry

    The number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases in India rose by more than 68 percent in the last two decades. But lifestyle changes and daily workouts can help in keeping the heart healthy, say experts.