Tag: office

August 31, 2022

Remote work was the holy grail of employment situations for millions of Americans before the pandemic. Avoiding a two-way, daily commute and spending 9 or more hours per day in the office promised to be less stressful and free up […]

August 2, 2022

Hybrid work is a favorite target of radical candor these days. What originally seemed like a solution that would combine the benefits of office space with the flexibility of remote work has been called “hell” by at least one CEO […]

June 23, 2022

As companies in India strive to get employees back into the office, even for a few days a week, many are facing pushback. Some employees want to work from anywhere, which is a perk being offered by several large IT […]

February 22, 2022

Remote, hybrid, distributed—no matter what you call your work model, one thing is for sure: Managing the new workplace is the #1 priority for people operations experts worldwide. When discussing their workplace-related challenges, people ops professionals say they want to […]

October 14, 2021

There is a “digital nomad” movement gaining momentum. While many of us have experienced the world through our screens the last year, digital nomads have been conducting business wherever they want—anywhere in the world. Digital nomads are placing no limits […]

September 15, 2021

While the widespread shift to remote work has been celebrated by many former office-workers, it’s been surprising to many observers the high percentages of those employees who are actually eager to return to the office, at least some of the […]

September 10, 2021

Many workers are returning to a hybrid environment in the post-pandemic world. That means they are working from their home office part of the week and in the office for the other part of the week. Without the right approach, […]

September 3, 2021

In its time, the open-office concept made good sense: Without partitioned cubicle walls or closed office doors, workspaces encouraged collaboration and creativity. The design facilitated drive-by conversations and brainstorms. The open flow of communication reigned. The concept transformed our modern […]

September 2, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic began to recede early in summer 2021, employers around the country started to firm up their plans for a return to the office after over a year of large-scale remote work. While the emergence of the […]

September 2, 2021

When COVID vaccines rolled out months ago, employers and employees alike began looking forward to getting back to the office, where they could once again work alongside coworkers instead of isolated in their homes. Even though the delta variant has […]

August 16, 2021

After the mass rollout of COVID-19 vaccines during spring 2021, Americans were looking forward to the end of the pandemic as millions were vaccinated. The optimists included not only individuals but also companies eager to get staff back into offices […]

August 4, 2021

While most Americans looked forward to annual summer breaks as children, the best most can hope for as adults is a week or 2 off for a family vacation or the occasional long weekend around a company holiday. But what […]

June 21, 2021

A recent survey has revealed that nearly half of parents (46%) are concerned about missing key moments in their children’s development when they return to working in the office. School and office closures have left many parents juggling work and […]

June 10, 2021

Note: Jessie was an HR Works Podcast 5-Minute Friday guest. Listen to that here. I was recently speaking with Jessie Lajoie, People Operations Lead at Doodle, an international organization. Lajoie is stationed in Berlin, Germany, where employment laws differ greatly […]

May 24, 2021

As COVID-19 vaccinations increase and states ease pandemic-related restrictions, many employers are beginning to plan for employees’ to return to the office. But not all workers may want to return, and some might ask to work remotely because of ongoing […]

May 21, 2021

One of the bright spots of the COVID-19 pandemic is how it allowed—really, forced—many companies to reconsider their attitudes toward and policies around remote work. While many trailblazing companies had for years offered the ability to work remotely as a […]

May 17, 2021

Have you ever hired someone who does not have a physical address? How did you handle the situation? What questions did it raise? How did you answer them? Reasons a New Employee May Not Have a Home Address There are […]

April 30, 2021

As the COVID-19 outbreak begins to subside, many employers are preparing to call employees back to the workplace. What’s the best way to go about it? And can you now refuse to let employees work from home as a reasonable […]

April 16, 2021

Leaders seem to be divided about what the workplace of the future might look like. Some I have spoken with over the past 12 months are under the impression that a return to 100 percent office-based work is in the […]

April 6, 2021

As we hopefully head toward widespread COVID-19 vaccinations and back to some sort of new normal, employers should remember business information is often valuable because it’s secret, and it’s secret and protectable only when you use reasonable efforts to preserve […]