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At BCU, IT is a core competency for business success
As the lines blur between IT and business strategy, leadership at the No. 4 small company on Computerworld’s ‘Best Places to Work in IT 2024’ list focuses on employee well-being and an outcome-based workplace.
How to keep remote workers connected to company culture
Companies that don’t proactively move to keep remote employees aligned with corporate goals and culture run the risk of turning them into ‘gig’ workers.
How to use Presenter Overlay for better Zoom calls on Macs
The next time you’re in a Zoom meeting, you might want to try this new macOS Sonoma feature when making a presentation.
Poly and Nureva make big hybrid conference rooms work at Zoomtopia
The companies highlighted conferencing products that are flexible, reconfigurable, and interoperable, allowing for a best-of-class, multi-vendor solution that lets you selectively swap out components as technology advances.
Faced with back-to-office mandates, employees are ‘coffee badging’ office visits
Many employees are doing the bare minimum to satisfy in-office requirements, simply showing up long enough to get credit for being there before returning home to work.
Zoomtopia 2023: Zoom goes all-in on hybrid work as back-to-office mandates abound
Two months after Zoom, the ultimate work-from-home enabler, announced it would be requiring some of its employees to come back in to the office, it is debuting a host of new tools and capabilities to support a return to hybrid and...
Onboarding remote employees doesn't have to be hard
Since not all employees return to the office, companies must onboard remote employees effectively
HP exec: There’s no going back to the pre-pandemic workplace
Unlike many companies mandating a return to office, HP has settled on a more relaxed view of hybrid work, enticing workers to come in with the latest technology and letting them and their managers choose when they need to be in the...
IBM's software unit issues global return to office mandate
IBM software division employees living within 50 miles of an office globally are now required to be physically present for a minimum of three days a week.
Amazon's return-to-office mandate won't work out
No matter how many companies demand that their employees return to the office, the shift to remote work that occurred during the pandemic isn't going anywhere.
As UAW seeks 4-day workweek, the idea gains ground with US workers
The United Auto Worker union's push for a four-day workweek, among other negotiation demands, indicates the idea is gaining traction among both workers and employers.
Meta employees who flout new return-to-office mandate face termination
Weeks before Meta’s new return-to-office policy is set to come into force, the company’s human resources chief wrote to employees warning of serious consequences for workers who repeatedly violate the rules.
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How old Facebook plus new AI could save remote work
Work from home is failing, with more and more companies demanding their employees return to the office. AI-driven tools for onboarding and employee engagement could fix that.
Amazon chastises staff for failure to comply with in-office work mandate
In an email to some US-based employees, Amazon sends a stern reminder about its requirement for staff to be physically present in the office three days a week.
The future of work is AI-enhanced and remote
Two of the biggest unresolved questions in business this year are whether remote work is here to stay and how AI will affect jobs. We're starting to get some clues about the answers.
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Does Zoom have a death wish?
When a company that makes software designed to ensure remote work is successful decides its own employees need to be in the office, it's sending the exact wrong message to customers.
