{"id":37623,"date":"2022-06-05T14:11:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T14:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/remote-work-may-not-be-working-any-more\/"},"modified":"2022-06-05T14:11:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T14:11:10","slug":"remote-work-may-not-be-working-any-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/remote-work-may-not-be-working-any-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote work may not be working any more"},"content":{"rendered":"
The challenges of remote work are getting harder and harder to ignore, as employees and bosses alike grapple with the realities of indefinite separation from the office.<\/p>\n
The big picture: <\/strong>A growing number of corporate executives want to put an end to the work-from-home revolution. But workers have gotten used to the flexibility, and they have the leverage to demand it.<\/p>\n Driving the news<\/strong>: Tesla CEO Elon Musk stirred the pot last week with a blunt warning that workers would have to spend a \u201cminimum of 40 hours per week\u201d in the office, or find a new job. <\/p>\n By the numbers: <\/strong>7.4% of American workers are teleworking because of COVID, down from a pandemic was high around 35%, according to federal data.<\/p>\n State of play<\/strong>: The convenience of hybrid working is being tempered by the limits of virtual collaboration, which empirical data are now starting to identify. <\/p>\n What they’re saying<\/strong>: “Hybrid work and video meetings are the new normal, and companies need to provide employees the best technology to reduce meeting fatigue and minimize negative physical ramifications, while taking steps to improve collaboration practices and reduce meeting overload,” the authors of the Webex study wrote.<\/p>\n Yes, but<\/strong>: However flawed, remote work arrangements have become a linchpin of a COVID-era labor market defined by high employee turnover. <\/p>\n But it’s becoming increasingly apparent <\/strong>that Zoom and Google Chat aren’t substitutes for in-person dynamics that bridge communication gaps and help build careers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The challenges of remote work are getting harder and harder to ignore, as employees and bosses alike grapple with the realities of indefinite separation from the office. The big picture: A growing number of corporate executives want to put an end to the work-from-home revolution. But workers have gotten used to the flexibility, and they …<\/p>\n\n
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