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News Articles: remote work

Just before turning 55, Dean Hebert retired from his job at the University of Maryland after realizing he had plenty of savings to support himself in retirement.

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  • Business

Early retirement took off during the pandemic. An economic downturn could change that

Millions of workers left the labor force during the pandemic. Older workers have been slow to return, in part because many found themselves financially secure enough to retire.

October 25, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
The Remote Wars

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  • Economy

Why your bad boss will probably lose the remote-work wars

Since 2020, office workers have waged an epic battle to work remotely. They're mostly winning.

September 21, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky
Nitin Budhiraja discovered during the pandemic that he loved working from home. He now works fully remotely.

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  • Business

A new work anxiety: Will I be penalized for working from home?

In the "new normal" of the hybrid workplace, are remote and in-person workers going to be treated equally? It's a matter of hot debate right now.

August 18, 2022
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By:
  • Jacqueline GaNun
People walk by a subway stop in midtown Manhattan in New York City on April 13. Some of the city's top CEOs say they are being told by their employees that they are afraid to return to work after a recent spate of high-profile attacks.

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  • Business

A spate of horrific attacks in New York has people fearful of returning to work

Companies in New York City face another setback as they push workers to come back to work: Employees are saying they don't feel safe in the city anymore.

August 14, 2022
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By:
  • David Gura
Brandie Diamond describes herself as a "transgender truck driver/chef/Jill-of-all-trades." But her career in trucking began in the mid-1980s, and she hadn't come out as trans back then.

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  • Mental Health

What women truckers can tell us about living and working alone

American long-haul truckers share wisdom from the road on living where you work

July 22, 2022
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By:
  • Adelina Lancianese
Lean Out

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  • Economy

Lean Out: Employees Are Accepting Lower Pay In Order To Work Remotely

A new study finds American companies are using remote work as a way to avoid giving workers raises; so much so that it's helping to moderate inflation.

July 12, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky
Jonathan Pruiett, a geospatial analyst with Cognizant, is part of a team that updates Google maps. They pushed back against a policy that would have required them to be in the office full-time and won a 90-day reprieve.

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  • Business

The idea of working in the office, all day, every day? No thanks, say workers

Working from home isn't possible in many jobs, but in companies where it is, the return to office has become a point of tension between workers and their bosses.

June 05, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu

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  • Climate

The Work-From-Home climate challenge

Companies might have thought a silver lining from the pandemic was that remote work was slashing emissions. They're thinking again.

May 10, 2022
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  • Paddy Hirsch
Average gas prices have topped $4 nationwide, prompting some remote workers to question whether they really need to return to the office.

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  • Business

High gas prices present another hurdle in bringing workers back to the office

Gas prices have soared just as workers who have been remote for two years return to their commutes. Some are asking for companies to wait until prices come down to bring people back.

March 14, 2022
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  • Andrea Hsu
Wells Fargo announced that employees who have been working remotely for nearly two years will return to the office on March 14, 2022, on a flexible hybrid schedule.

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  • Business

'Where is my office anyway?' As COVID recedes, remote workers prepare to head back

A quarter of full-time employees were still working exclusively from home in December 2021, according to Gallup. Now companies are starting to call them back to the office at least a few days a week.

February 17, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Employees elbow bump at a JLL office in Menlo Park, Calif., in September. With the delta variant surging, mask mandates are returning, and some employers are now requiring employees to be vaccinated before coming to the office.

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  • Business

Back To The Office? Not Yet. Companies Scramble To Adjust To The Delta Variant

September was expected to be the month of mass returns to the office. Now the surging extra-contagious coronavirus variant has employers wondering what to do.

July 30, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu and
  • Alina Selyukh
Apple's massive" spaceship" campus designed to centralize work and foster collaboration in 2017 may have to make way for satellite offices and other remote work.

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  • Economy

Why Remote Work Might Not Revolutionize Where We Work

Apple joins the ranks of tech firms freeing many employees from Silicon Valley offices. What this might mean for the geography of the American economy.

July 13, 2021
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  • Greg Rosalsky
Jonathan Caballero is among the millions of workers who are rethinking how they want to live their lives after the pandemic. He has found a new job that won't require a long commute.

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  • Business

As The Pandemic Recedes, Millions Of Workers Are Saying 'I Quit'

People are leaving their jobs in search of more money, more flexibility and more happiness. A record 4 million workers quit just in April.

June 24, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Janelia's cafeteria, which was noisy and crowded in pre-pandemic times, now operates a contactless takeout system.

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  • Business

It's Personal: Zoom'd Out Workplace Ready For Face-To-Face Conversations To Return

Before the pandemic, the Janelia Research Campus was a hive of collaboration. Now, as researchers return to their offices and labs, they're eager to restore the connections lost this past year.

June 14, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Renuka Iyer, chief human resources officer for the World Resources Institute, sits in an empty office. The environmental nonprofit's staff has been working remotely since March 2020.

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  • Business

Working In Sweatpants May Be Over As Companies Contemplate The Great Office Return

Many offices that have been closed since March 2020 are beginning to bring workers back, but not all companies think they need a return to the old ways.

June 08, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
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