RTO

RTO mandates can only ever be unfair, HR expert says

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Daniela Herrera, a talent and DEI consultant, said the impact on company culture is often used to justify RTO mandates, but this may not be the real reason.

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RTO is dividing Big Tech. 4 employees share why they quit or turned job opportunities down rather than be forced back to an office.

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Employees don't always want to transition from remote work to in-office or hybrid working.

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The 'hushed hybrid' work schedule is the latest way employees are getting around a return to the office

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"Hushed hybrid" work schedules are the latest tactic in the arsenal for workers trying to avoid returning to the office.

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Stop the crackdown on coffee-badging — here's the real problem

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Coffee badging is performative compliance in response to a performative expectation, writes Bonnie Dilber.

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I went on a secret holiday for a month without telling my boss, using a mouse jiggler to avoid suspicion. I'd do it again.

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The tech employee took a monthlong trip to Italy but only used one week of PTO.

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This is what office towers could look like due to hybrid working

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A rendering of the planned redevelopment of HSBC's headquarters in Canary Wharf, east London.

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Some workers say they're still 'coffee badging,' or swiping into work to show their faces before quickly returning home

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Coffee badging refers to workers who swipe in at the office solely to meet return-to-office requirements but don't do much work there, instead leaving quickly to finish their work elsewhere.

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Almost half of Dell's full-time US workforce has rejected the company's return-to-office push

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Dell's return-to-office policy has faced internal resistance.

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Robinhood CEO explains how he got employees back to the office after initially saying the company was 'remote-first'

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Vlad Tenev, co-founder and co-CEO of investing app Robinhood.
Robinhood proclaimed itself remote-first, then backtracked and called employees back to the office.

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1 in 3 senior execs say a return-to-office mandate is pushing them to quit

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Some workers say having to return to the office would be a dealbreaker.

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