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 homeAll That Empty Office Space Belongs to Someone
At an office in SoHo, rows of desks sit empty, while a shaggy dog — shadowing an owner nostalgic for work-from-home comforts — wanders the conference rooms. At a tech […]
Grindr’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 […]
Tech Firms Once Powered New York’s Economy. Now They’re Scaling Back.
For much of the last two decades, including during the pandemic, technology companies were a bright spot in New York’s economy, adding thousands of high-paying jobs and expanding into millions […]
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 […]
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 […]
Do We Know How Many People Are Working From Home?
Millions of workers, employers, square feet of real estate and dollars of downtown economic retail are wrapped up in the question of how many people are working from home — […]
The Furniture Hustlers of Silicon Valley
“Perfectly good, brand-new furniture is just being carted off to landfills,” she said. So she created Reseat to help businesses liquidate furniture. The company uses an inventory management system that […]