Hybrid workers are 'coffee badging' to spend less time in the office and dodge RTO mandates

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Hybrid workers have found a new way to dodge return-to-office mandates.

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'Corporate goths' are wearing their fishnets and eyeliner to work — and they're not apologizing for expressing themselves

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Some Gen Zers are prioritizing their personal style in the office, whether their coworkers like it or not. That includes, in these cases, dressing in a "goth" style.

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Disney's CEO Bob Iger reportedly refused to give up his office to successor Bob Chapek because it had a private shower and vanity

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Bob Iger was reappointed as Disney's CEO in November 2022.

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Goldman Sachs is pressuring workers to return to the office 5 days a week. Here's how its tough RTO stance compares with Meta, Zoom, and others.

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Companies across the US are cracking down on their return-to-office policies, much to the ire of their workers.

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Struggling to hire? Just one day of remote work a week could make a big difference.

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Google Takes a Page Out of Twitter's Book: Invites Employees to Sleep 'On Campus' for a Fee

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Google is trying to lure employees back to the office by offering a special for its on-campus hotel in Mountain View, California. The special will run through Sept. 30 and is serving as another attempt for Google to establish the new norm of a hybrid work-from-home schedule.

I'm a Gen Zer who chooses to work from the office 5 days a week because it's helping me get ahead faster

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Zehra Naqvi is a Gen Z employee who chooses to work from the office each weekday.

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Google Tells Some Employees to Share Desks After Pushing Return-to-Office Plan

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Google, a company once known for its lavish and borderline absurd in-office perks like endless free meals and snacks, massages, yoga classes, and designated recreation areas, has fallen on hard times.

Google tells employees in its Cloud unit to share desks and attend the office on alternate days

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Amazon Employees Ask Their Boss Not to Make Them Come Back to the Office 3 Days a Week

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Amazon employees are petitioning CEO Andy Jassy to cancel his return-to-office mandate and calling out his about-face on remote work. In a petition to Jassy sent late Tuesday, Amazon workers decried that their trust in the company’s leaders had been “shattered.”

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