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- Working from home is not more productive than being in an office, after all https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/06/28/the-working-from-home-delusion-fades 14 comments
- Research suggests that this enforced working from home put remote workers on an equal footing with their office-working colleagues. Being online also allowed employees working in different branches or countries to socialise, potentially leading to new opportunities for collaboration. https://theconversation.com/zoom-meetings-help-marginalised-staff-feel-included-we-should-keep-having-them-even-after-offices-reopen-144097 20 comments science
- Adolf Hitler forced to work from home after Covid outbreak at his office https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/adolf-hitler-forced-work-home-25870903 111 comments worldnews
- Those of you who have worked from home and chosen to go back to the office: do you regret it? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/518yzd/those_of_you_who_have_worked_from_home_and_chosen/ 5 comments cscareerquestions
- Working from home : 30% say they would quit if forced back to office https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/01/05/jobs-home-29-professionals-would-quit-if-forced-go-back-office/4142830001/ 525 comments technology
- 61% of Canada's young workforce supports split between office and work-from-home: Study https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/-1.1487948 12 comments worldnews
- Work-from-Home Unleashes Nightmare for Office Landlords & Surrounding Businesses. https://wolfstreet.com/2020/07/22/work-from-home-unleashes-nightmare-for-office-landlords-surrounding-businesses/ 8 comments economy
- Micromanagement Doesn't Work In The Office, So Why Inflict It On People Working From Home? https://www.forbes.com/sites/enriquedans/2020/04/10/micromanagement-doesnt-work-in-the-office-so-why-inflict-it-on-people-working-fromhome/ 66 comments business
- Cisco CEO says employees are tired of having to work from home and want to come back to the office https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/09/cisco-ceo-employees-want-to-come-back-to-the-office.html 9 comments nottheonion
- Hey Reddit - I'm 'working' from home today, this is my office... what do you think? http://tinypic.com/r/96lqav/5 33 comments reddit.com
- Millions of employees won’t get a tax break for working from home during pandemic. Companies with empty offices do. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/05/home-office-tax-deduction/ 163 comments business
- Twitter Will Let Staffers Work From Home Forever, Even After Offices Reopen https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/twitter-work-from-home-forever-coronavirus-1234604586/ 5 comments technology
- Gabriel Paulista's move to Arsenal receives Home Office work permit blessing http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/11369798/gabriel-paulistas-move-to-arsenal-receives-home-office-work-permit-blessing.html 28 comments soccer
- Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, who recently announced employees can work from home forever, calls the office an 'anachronistic form' and 'from a pre-digital age' https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-office-anachronistic-from-pre-digital-age-2022-5 351 comments technology
- New Windows 10 bug hits home working: Outlook, Office 365, Teams can't access internet https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-windows-10-bug-hits-home-working-outlook-o365-teams-cant-access-internet/ 12 comments technology
- So You Wanted to Get Work Done at the Office? Some are nostalgic for the silence they had at home, especially since in-office perks, aimed at luring people back, can make it harder to concentrate. https://archive.ph/9d0zL 109 comments technology
- Hybrid working: how to make it a success. Companies are looking to combine working from home & working in physical proximity to colleagues, in attempts to attract workers back to the office https://theconversation.com/hybrid-working-how-to-make-it-a-success-165189 11 comments futurology
- As office returns get postponed, workers say they’d take pay cut to work from home https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/as-apple-postpones-office-return-workers-say-they-value-flexibility-over-money/ 14 comments economy
- As office returns get postponed, workers say they’d take pay cut to work from home https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/as-apple-postpones-office-return-workers-say-they-value-flexibility-over-money/ 43 comments technology
- IRS Example: Could Self-Employed Anesthesiologist With Home Office And Working At 3 Hospitals Deduct Daily Transportation Expenses? https://www.irs.gov/publications/p587/ar02.html#en_US_2014_publink1000226302 20 comments tax
- Man Acquitted of Illegal Photography of a Police Officer In His Own Home - Justice Worked - This is Good News http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ci6f5/homeowner_arrested_for_illegal_photography_of_a/ 64 comments politics
- Work from home is here to stay: Companies must adjust to succeed says ServiceNow's Chief Customer and Partner Officer | ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/work-from-home-is-here-to-stay-companies-must-adjust-to-succeed-says-servicenows-chief-customer-and-partner-officer/ 10 comments economy
- A Capitol Police officer who works the night shift said he and others expected to work on the day of the attack but were sent home https://www.businessinsider.com/capitol-police-officer-says-cops-sent-home-ahead-of-march-2021-1 595 comments politics
- High stress, in the office 9am-6pm job with almost guaranteed 100% OTE or low stress, work from home but make 30% - 40% less? https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/8vtumg/high_stress_in_the_office_9am6pm_job_with_almost/ 12 comments sales
- Mobile Office - This office is designed for those who work at home and who did not get to retire on time. It can be installed in the garden or in the yard and become lost in the working weekdays. http://fizzyenergy.com/mobile-office/ 7 comments reddit.com
- Home Office’s leaked counter-extremism strategy would require visa applicants to commit to ‘British values’ and ban extremists from working with children without supervision http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/08/anti-extremist-plan-to-push-british-values-and-link-benefits-to-learning-english 3 comments worldnews
- Dropbox will let all employees work from home permanently as it turns its offices into WeWork-like 'collaborative spaces' https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/dropbox-will-let-all-employees-work-from-home-permanently-as-it-turns-its-offices-into-wework-like-collaborative-spaces/articleshow/78650656.cms 5 comments technews
- IRS Example: Self-Employed Anesthesiologist Works At 3 Hospitals, PRINCIPAL Place of Business is Home Office: Can He Deduct Daily Transportation Expenses? https://www.irs.gov/publications/p587/ar02.html#en_US_2014_publink1000226302 11 comments personalfinance
- Workers are putting on pants to return to the office only to be on Zoom all day - Pandemic-era safety procedures have created a new dynamic at work, in which many employees say they’re operating at work the same way they were at home. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/27/return-to-work-in-person-hybrid/ 18 comments technology
- [Galvao] Virus arrived in Brazil due to the elite who can travel abroad, and now the people in the favela without access to clean water, who'se jobs are to be cleaning ladies, have to "buy sanitizers in pharmacy" and work from "home office" https://twitter.com/galvaobueno/status/1240739404542545920 62 comments soccer
- Sharia courts in UK face Government inquiry over treatment of women: Home Office to examine claims sharia courts – or councils – may be working in a ‘discriminatory and unacceptable way’ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sharia-courts-in-uk-face-government-probe-over-treatment-of-women-a7049826.html 653 comments worldnews
- Nearly 90% of surveyed Apple employees reportedly say being able to work from home indefinitely is 'very important' as the company plows ahead with plans to return to the office. https://www.businessinsider.com/90-of-surveyed-apple-workers-reportedly-want-indefinite-remote-work-2021-7 3 comments business
- Nearly 90% of surveyed Apple employees reportedly say being able to work from home indefinitely is 'very important' as the company plows ahead with plans to return to the office. https://www.businessinsider.com/90-of-surveyed-apple-workers-reportedly-want-indefinite-remote-work-2021-7 727 comments technology
- When the French clock off at 6pm, they really mean it: new labour agreement in France means that employees must ignore their bosses' work emails once they are out of the office and relaxing at home – even on their smartphones http://www.theguardian.com/money/shortcuts/2014/apr/09/french-6pm-labour-agreement-work-emails-out-of-office?cmp=fb_gu 10 comments worldnews
- A charity working to stop illegal evictions has urged the UK Metropolitan police to give its officers better training after they failed to arrest a landlord who allegedly forced his way into a family’s home with a crowbar and tried to drag them down the stairs. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/09/police-fail-to-act-private-rent-tenants-illegally-evicted-landlords-harassment-threats 6 comments worldnews
- Researchers believe that maintaining a healthy sex life at home boosts employees' job satisfaction and engagement at the office, underscoring the value of a strong work-life balance http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0149206317698022 8 comments science
- A new study shows working from home in small doses boosts productivity.Working from home can lift productivity for many workers, so long as they go to the office a few days a week https://financialpost.com/fp-work/working-from-home-in-small-doses-boosts-productivity-research-says 4 comments science
- When word reached Pep in 2018 that work-permit issues were preventing Douglas Luiz from playing for City, he sent video footage to the Home Office in a desperate attempt to explain how important the midfielder would be to his side in the years ahead of him and to have them reconsider the decision. https://theathletic.com/2329572/2021/01/19/douglas-luiz-football-soccer?source=user-shared-article 62 comments soccer
- Naver (the biggest internet company in Korea) just finished the new $350 million headquarters, but after 41.7% workers said they want to keep working from home after the pandemic, gives workers options: Now they can choose to 'work from home full time' or 'work 2 days at home & 3 days in the office' https://www.hankyung.com/it/article/202205043846i 164 comments upliftingnews
- Doctors' group slams move to allow employers to require doctor's note for minor illnesses - Canadian Medical Association president Dr. Gigi Osler says the measure could cause public health issues, as it will lead to sick people going to the doctor's office or to work, rather than staying home. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cma-bill-147-sick-notes-work-1.4908403 277 comments worldnews