The researchers of the remote-work study believe cultural norms are also at play in return-to-work levels. Plenty of American workers said they felt comfortable asking their managers for more flexibility, […]
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Back to news homeGrindr’s Strict RTO Policy, Amid Union Drive, Stirs Uproar
Quinn McGee learned last week that to keep their job as a product manager at Grindr, the gay dating app, they would have to move to California from New York […]
Even Zoom Is Making People Return to the Office
During the early months of the pandemic, a certain company went suddenly from relative obscurity to the type of popularity that made it a noun, verb and catchphrase.“Can you set […]
Return to Office Enters the Desperation Phase
Manny Medina, the chief executive of a Seattle-based artificial intelligence sales company, doesn’t mind repeating himself. It comes with the territory, after all. That tolerance proved convenient this year as […]
Remote Work Gives Amazon Workers a Common Cause
Eric Deshawn Lerma felt waves of anxiety when he sat down to tally the new costs in his routine since Amazon’s return to the office this spring. There’s parking. There’s […]
Stress Builds as Office Building Owners and Lenders Haggle Over Debt
A real estate investment fund recently defaulted on $750 million of mortgages for two Los Angeles skyscrapers. A private equity firm slashed the value of its investment in the Willis […]
Remote Work Brings Hidden Penalty for Young Professionals, Study Says
At least 10 times a day, Erika Becker, who works as a sales development manager at a technology company called Verkada, turns to her boss with questions. “Did I handle […]
What TikTok Told Us About the Economy in 2022
The unemployment rate has hovered at 3.7 percent for months. But it is the TikTok-famous “quiet quitting” and live-tweeted resignations that really explained what was going on in America’s job […]
These Young Workers Are ‘Romanticizing’ the Return to Office
Meena Kirupakaran didn’t think there was anything especially exciting about her job in publishing. She had an hourlong commute each way, including a 40-minute train ride. The HarperCollins Canada office […]
Musk Paints Bleak Picture, Ends Remote Work, in Email to Twitter Employees
SAN FRANCISCO — Two weeks after closing a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, Elon Musk sent emails to the employees of the social media company late on Wednesday, his […]