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Return to office or risk losing job, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy warns staff

Morale at Amazon has taken a hit since the company laid off about 27,000 employees

World Bank's return to office spurs grumbling but it comes with perks

The new president of the Washington-based bank, Ajay Banga, is pushing ahead with plans to have employees work in the office four days a week by Sept. 5

Zoom Video Communications Inc summons employees back to office: Report

Employees who live near a Zoom location must be on-site two days a week, a company spokesperson said

Fully remote work leads to 18% drop in productivity, shows research

The researchers, who studied newly hired data entry workers in India who were randomly assigned to either the home or the office, said that two-thirds of the drop in productivity was evident

Remote working preferred by employees, helps cos attract talent: Experts

As remote working and flexible work arrangements take precedence over salary for a large number of jobseekers, experts see this as an opportunity to attract and retain talent. According to a survey titled 'The Job Search Process: A Look from the Inside Out', two thirds of respondents prioritise hybrid or remote working engagements. Also, 71 per cent of these respondents feel the freedom to work from home, setting flexible hours and taking breaks as needed were important factors in their job search. The survey based on responses collected from 1,810 individuals, including 561 employers and 1,249 jobseekers, was carried out by jobsite Indeed India. While 63 per cent of the jobseeker respondents registered their preference for hybrid working or a mix between working from home and office, 51 per cent of companies also reflected offering such flexibility in their operations. Annanya Sarthak, co-founder and CEO of Awign -- a job search application for gig workers -- said: "Today's ...

Hope to have 70% staff back in office by FY24-end, says HCLTech CEO

HCL Technologies hopes to have almost 70 per cent of its staff walking into physical workspaces by end of the current fiscal, CEO C Vijayakumar said, while adding that the IT services company will continue to have a hybrid model that is optimised and tuned in to needs. For now, HCLTech is seeing a gradual increase in the number of people coming to offices, he said. It is pertinent to mention that the flexi work options were put in place by the IT industry at the onset of pandemic. With return to normalcy, many tech companies are scaling up efforts to get staff back in offices, at least for a set number of days in a week, and the past months have indeed seen workers trickle back in, and the office cubicles starting to get occupied more regularly. "We have a hybrid-first virtual operating model and it is based on need. We expect people to come to offices three days a week, and we've had modest success," Vijayakumar told PTI. He added: "We have, at least, half of our people coming to

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Remote work to wipe out $800 billion from office values, says McKinsey

Covid-19's push toward hybrid work has driven the need for office space down with vacancy rates rising, McKinsey Global Institute said Thursday in a report

Is WFH a societal shift?

…or just a Covid-era practice?

As employees return to office, more companies opting for flexible offices

A survey by property consultancy CBRE revealed that 47% of companies want to increase the use of flexible office spaces over the next 12 months

Citi signals consequences for not complying with return to office norms

While the vast majority of staffers are following the firm's rules for hybrid work, the moves are focused on those employees with persistent, unexplained absences

Work-from-home scams rising in India; here's all you must know about them

Work-from-home scams have become increasingly common in India, with people falling prey to fraudulent schemes that promise easy money

Workers resisting office grind suddenly finding themselves lonely at home

Few companies are insisting on a full-time return to the office, with most preferring hybrid models that allow some flexibility

TCS records higher attrition rate among women than male colleagues in FY23

Lack of caregiving duties has impacted female workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, but with companies such as TCS, returning to work-from-office culture, many have chosen to opt out of the workforce

Women employees attrition races past men at TCS as work-from-home ends

Largest tech company TCS on Tuesday said attrition among its women employees has raced past the same for men, hinting that the end of work-from-home may have a role to play in it. Its chief human resources officer Milind Lakkad said that historically, the attrition among women employees who constitute over 35 per cent of the over 6 lakh-strong workforce has been lower or similar to that of men, and called the development as "unusual". "...I would think working from home during the pandemic reset the domestic arrangements for some women, keeping them from returning to office even after everything normalised," he said in an interview published in the company's annual report. Lakkad acknowledged that the higher attrition among women is a "setback" to the Tata Group company's efforts to promote gender diversity and added that the company is focusing on reversing the trend. The annual report did not reveal the exact attrition number on the basis of gender. Its overall attrition peaked

Asia leads 'back to office' effort; nearly 50% say will quit if no WFH

Wall Street chiefs have been among the loudest in pushing for a return to the office five days a week. JPMorgan Chase & Co. ended remote arrangements for its managing directors in April

Hundreds of Amazon employees stage walkout of HQ over return to work policy

Hundreds of Amazon employees staged a walkout at the company's headquarters in Seattle over the company's return-to-work policy and its lack of progress on climate change initiatives

TCS denies strict warning to employees in return-to-office policy

Tata Consultancy Services clarified that it had not linked career or compensation to its return-to-office policy, following reports of memos being sent to employees

Amazon workers upset over job cuts, return-to-office mandate stage walkout

A group of Amazon workers upset about recent layoffs, a return-to-office mandate and the company's environmental impact is planning a walkout at the company's Seattle headquarters Wednesday. The lunchtime protest comes a week after Amazon's annual shareholder meeting and a month after a policy took effect requiring workers to return to the office three days per week. We respect our employees' rights to express their opinions, the company said in a statement. As of Tuesday night, more than 1,800 employees had pledged to walk out around the world, with about 870 in Seattle, according to Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, a climate change advocacy group founded by Amazon workers. While some plan to gather at the Amazon Spheres a four-story structure in downtown Seattle that from the outside looks like three connected glass orbs others will participate remotely. Brad Glasser, an Amazon spokesperson, said there has been a good energy on the company's South Lake Union campus and at

Tech companies lead way with 50% of total flex space in India: Report

A hybrid working model has brought flex spaces to the centre stage and helped occupiers in optimising costs and ensuring employee flexibility, the report said