In February 2023, Amazon asked all employees to come back to the office for three mandatory days, resulting in some protests from workers. Jassy acknowledged that before the pandemic, when full-time in-office work was the norm, remote work exceptions were made for employees who had extenuating ...
"[I]n a creative business like ours, nothing can replace the ability to connect, observe and create with peers that comes from being physically together, nor the opportunity to grow professionally by learning from leaders and mentors,"CEO Bob Iger saidin a 2023 memo to employees. JPMorgan JP...
However, over the past year, office-using employment has grown by just 0.4 percent, with a total increase of 149,000 jobs. The national office vacancy rate reached 19.5 percent at the end of September, a 170-basis-point increase from the same time in 2023, according to CommercialEdge. As...
Some employers, such as Twitter, insist that “the office is not optional.” While many others are trying to find that magical sweet spot (suite spot?) of compromise. For example,Meta is requiring employees return to the office three days/week,Zoom insists on two days/week, andSmuckersthink...
The sun sets on the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building in New York City, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey, on April 23, 2023. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images Many corporate leaders were hoping that the debate over the return to the office w...
Over the past few months, more Americans hired to work from home have been pulled back into the office — even if they live states away.
Among respondents whose companies have already returned to office, 31% say they started requiring workers to come back in 2021, 41% in 2022, and 27% in 2023. The vast majority of respondents in this group say they have seen an improvement in revenue, productivity, worker retention, and more...
Amazon’s corporate employees have been allowed to come to the office a minimum of three days a week since June 2023, but Jassy, who’s evidently eager to bring to an end the hybrid working style that was adopted during the pandemic, told staff last week that he believes “the advantages...
Taylor Swiftis ready tokick off the final legof her record-breakingEras Tour— with the assistance of a purr-fect feline companion. “Back in the office…😎,” Swift, 34, captioned anInstagramvideo of herself walking into Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium on Friday, October 18. She ...
If you do manage to squeeze into your leather shoes, your shoes feel really stiff and look set to give you blisters. What's going on? Have your feet expanded? Is this permanent? Do you need to buy new shoes? Our feet are flexible structures and adapt over time to our footwear - or...