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News Articles: work from home

A new Gallup report finds employee engagement in need of a rebound, finding only 32% of U.S. workers to be engaged with their work.

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  • Business

America, we have a problem. People aren't feeling engaged with their work

A new Gallup report finds employee engagement in the U.S. fell in 2022 to 32%. Young people in particular reported feeling less cared about at work and having fewer opportunities to learn and grow.

January 25, 2023
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sign stands at the entrance of their offices in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. On Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, the head of nation's top public health agency announced a shake-up of the organization, in a bid to respond to ongoing criticism and try to make it more nimble.

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Much of the CDC is working remotely. That could make changing the agency difficult

Like many U.S. workplaces, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention went remote during the pandemic. Most of the agency’s staff members haven’t returned to the office full time, raising concerns about the CDC’s ability to reform itself after recent stumbles.

December 05, 2022
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By:
  • Sam Whitehead
David Solomon, the chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs.

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  • Business

Goldman Sachs CEO sees recession risk as more likely than his own economists

Landing a job at Goldman Sachs is a golden ticket. It's harder to get hired by Goldman than to get into Harvard. CEO David Solomon says 3,500 workers start this week. He wants them all in the office.

July 18, 2022
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By:
  • David Gura
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
Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

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  • Business

Elon Musk tells employees to return to the office 40 hours a week — or quit

Musk says he will review and directly approve any requests for employees who wish to be exempt from the company's return-to-work policy, according to leaked emails reported by Electrek.

June 01, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Writer Anne Helen Petersen says that on the other side of the pandemic, there's a chance work will rotate more around people's lives instead of the other way around.

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  • Author Interviews

As companies look to bring remote workers back to the office, a writer asks: Why?

Anne Helen Petersen is the co-author of a new book on the future of remote work. She says companies need to clearly know what goal they are pursuing when asking remote workers to come back in person.

November 09, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Martin,
  • Lisa Weiner,
  • and 2 more
40% of robocalls reportedly are scams.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: "Hello? Hello?" The Pain Of Pandemic Robocalls

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the persistence of robocalls, which have taken on fresh annoyance these days with so many people working from home.

August 07, 2021
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  • Scott Simon
Google is also offering four weeks per year where employees can work from anywhere they want.

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  • Business

Google Adapts To Long-Term Telework, Offers Employees Hybrid Workweek

More than a year into telework, the tech giant has said about 60% of its employees will work remotely two days a week. Twenty percent will work from home permanently.

May 06, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Kristy Miller gets away from her home office in Charlotte, N.C., with her dogs, Oreo and Dabo.

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  • Business

'Can You Hear Me?' The Annoyances That Lead To Zoom Burnout

So many people who are working from home are feeling burnt out these days. Shaking things up and finding moments of joy could help us put energy back into our work.

April 09, 2021
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By:
  • Claire Miller
Facebook said that if COVID-19 numbers in Menlo Park, Calif., the home of its headquarters, continue to decline, up to 10% of its workforce can go back to the office on May 10.

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  • Business

Microsoft, Facebook, Uber Plan To Reopen Offices

All three companies say they intend to abide by local health protocols and safety guidelines as limited numbers of employees will be allowed to return to headquarters.

March 26, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
2020 made moving a reality for millions of Americans. Some moved to be near family, others chose to pursue their pre-pandemic pipe dreams and move to distant locations in pursuit of a better lifestyle and a cheaper cost of living.

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  • Business

Why America Is Moving: Money, Space, Family, Lifestyle ...

2020 made moving a reality for millions. Some moved to be near family. Others achieved their pipe dreams of moving to distant locations in pursuit of a better lifestyle and cheaper cost of living.

March 15, 2021
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By:
  • Adedayo Akala
As many as 23 million Americans are planning to relocate as telework becomes the new normal, according to a new survey.

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  • Business

Now That More Americans Can Work From Anywhere, Many Are Planning To Move Away

Since more people are working from home, they're using the opportunity to migrate to other places. Big cities are seeing the biggest outflows, according to new surveys.

November 02, 2020
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By:
  • Adedayo Akala
When the pandemic first hit, corporate executives thought video meetings were awesome and productive. Now, CEOs are questioning how much those meetings really achieve.

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  • Business

From The Folks Who Brought You Boring Meetings: CEOs Want To Ditch Sterile Zoom Calls

Draining. Awful. Those are the words being used to describe virtual meetings. "What we as human beings need, want, seek ... is human contact," says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

October 16, 2020
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By:
  • Pallavi Gogoi
People stand in the lobby of Amazon offices in New York in January 2019. At a time of mass work from home and many moving to spacious suburbs, Amazon is funding a large expansion of corporate real estate and jobs in New York and five other U.S. cities.

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  • Business

Amazon Plans More — Not Fewer — Offices In Big Cities

At a time of mass work from home and with many people moving to spacious suburbs, Amazon is funding a large expansion of corporate real estate and 3,500 jobs in six U.S. cities.

August 18, 2020
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh

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