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New survey indicates work-from-home is here to stay

Stanford University

Only 12% of executives with hybrid or fully remote workers say they plan on a return-to-office mandate in the year ahead. Stanford researchers say the message is clear: Headline-grabbing mandates to return to in-person work “will barely move the needle on WFH.”

California and Texas join push to end remote work among state employees

Nadia Lathan | AP News

There’s some evidence that rigid in-office requirements actually make workers less productive, but Republican governors in Missouri, Ohio and Indiana, among others, cited efficiency to justify this pivot away from pandemic-era flexibility.

New Publication Explores Remote Work Dynamics

Leona Achtenhagen, Dinara Tokbaeva | MMTC

The chapter examines the challenges and opportunities of remote and hybrid work, focusing on IT and media organizations. It highlights factors like organizational culture, communication climate, autonomy, and control, and discusses tools for collaboration and engagement.

Women want flexibility at work, but worry it could hurt their careers and struggle to find remote and hybrid jobs

Jennifer Liu | CNBC

Many worry the stigma of flexible arrangements could harm their career growth, and flexibility is harder to come by for those seeking new opportunities.

Remote Work Jobs Are Being Eliminated in Multiple States: What to Know

Joe Edwards | Newsweek

State governments across the U.S. have been moving to end remote work for public employees, with multiple states now having revised their telework policies post-COVID-19.

The Pandemic Proved That Remote Leadership Works

Ron Ashkenas | Harvard Business Review

While there are still concerns around overseeing employees, building team culture, and maintaining visibility, there are ways to overcome them, including: conscious planning and use of time and travel; monitoring performance through technology and structure; and listening and creating connections.

US workers with remote-friendly jobs are still working from home nearly half the time, 5 years after the pandemic began

Radostina Purvanova, Alanah Mitchell | The Conversation

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted office life, American workplaces are settling into a new rhythm. Employees in remote-friendly jobs now spend an average of 2.3 days each week working from home, a research team that tracks remote employment has found. And when you look at all workers – and not just those in remote-friendly positions – they’re working remotely 1.4 days a week, or 28% of the time.

Why layoffs don’t work

Mark Dent | The Hustle

At best, research indicates that companies that lay off employees, on average, don’t see a better financial payoff in the long term compared to companies with a stable employment base.

And they often fare worse. There are findings that suggest layoffs lead to both short-term and long term issues.

For those that weren’t supposed to work abroad and got caught, who contacted you?

Bittyry | Reddit

Those who weren’t supposed to work abroad but did so anyways and eventually got caught, how many days/months into it did you get caught and who reached out to you? HR, your manager or some IT person?

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