It's official - the "return to the office" boom is dead, this academic believes Many companies have stopped asking employees to work from the office, new report claims. TechRadar · Dec 4, 2023
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin says remote work has created a ‘wild card’ workplace that makes it easier to fire people "The cultural or social contract that holds people together…is unquestionably weaker,” Griffin said of a remote work environment. Fortune · Nov 15, 2023
Bosses and workers still can't agree on whether the commute is part of the work day When it comes to remote work (and whether it’s actually as productive as being in the office), the problem boils down to differences in perspective. Fortune · Sep 20, 2023
CEOs are gambling that pandemics are over with their remote work policies Labor Day marks a mass (order to) return to the office. But what about Bill Gates' prediction that another pandemic is just around the corner? Fortune · Sep 6, 2023
The workplace has finally reached a new normal, says the guru of remote work “It feels like the [score of the] last three years has been, work from home—three; return to office—zero,” Nick Bloom said. “This is not a match that RTO is winning.” Fortune · Aug 17, 2023
A real estate billionaire said Fridays are ‘dead forever’ for offices, and remote work guru Nick Bloom says he’s right—it’s part of a new 3-part week “Friday is increasingly winning out in the WFH stakes,” the WFH Research cofounder tells Fortune. Fortune · Aug 11, 2023
Remote work is more popular in English-speaking countries. Experts can’t figure out why It’s probably owing to management style and culture, Nick Bloom posits—but no one can say for sure. Fortune · Aug 1, 2023
WFH's staunchest proponents just dropped a bomb: Fully remote workers are less productive Fully remote work is associated with 10% to 20% lower productivity than fully in-person work, WFH Research finds. Fortune · Jul 6, 2023
Working from home becomes a once-a-week perk for some office goers A small but growing list of big-name companies like BlackRock Inc., Walt Disney Co. and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. are taking their return-to-office mandates up a notch, calling employees back to their desks four days a week. Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2023
Working in the office is worth the commute—if you’re looking to climb the corporate ladder When it comes to career advancement, the pro-office crowd makes a few points. Fortune · Apr 11, 2023
Blue state, red state: Where you live may determine whether you can work from home MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tavalicia Bell, a 26-year-old shipping dispatcher, was imagining a life working from home, her dog Cody by her side, she said as she hurried to finish her cheesesteak. But in this city, she explained as other workers filtered into Lennys Grill & Subs, most companies insist that… Los Angeles Times · Apr 5, 2023
Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary says Gen Z has 'no intention' of ever coming to the office. He's almost definitely wrong Kevin O’Leary says his younger workers “ain’t coming into the office." But research shows many Gen Zers want to go into the office for part of the week. Fortune · Mar 7, 2023
The office may finally be making its comeback—but the ‘banner moment to return’ has likely passed Have bosses finally won the return to office war? Not so fast, city dwellers say. Fortune · Feb 9, 2023
Your hybrid coworkers probably make more than you Jobs that offer hybrid work pay more on average than fully remote or fully in-person jobs, according to WFH Research. Fortune · Dec 23, 2022
Fortune · Nov 28, 2022 The return-to-office war may finally be reaching a compromise Employers and employees are inching closer to a hybrid work schedule that they're both happy with.