Amazon Workers ‘Appalled’ by How Execs Made Return-to-Office Decision

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The fight over 'return to office' policies has a dirty downside

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Return to office mandates also come with a return to dirty, carbon-emitting commutes.

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Push to end work-from-home could make climate crisis worse

People would rather work anywhere but the office — including their gyms

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A business owner ditching the office explains how he came to trust his employees to work remotely so he could save money on rent

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Sam Eitzen is ditching his company's physical offices after realizing his workers would be more productive working remotely.

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People who choose to work from home are actually less-productive when they do so, new research suggests. An author behind the research explains why.

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A new study on worker productivity found that those who work from home are also likely to be constrained by other responsibilities, like childcare or household duties.

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

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Return-to-office mandates just got another vote in their favor: A new study says WFH results in 18% less productivity.

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A new study from economists at MIT and UCLA observed that data-entry workers were 18% less productive at home than they were in the office.

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New research finds that fully remote workers are less productive than their in-office counterparts

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More employers are pushing for workers to return to the office in a hybrid role or full-time.

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The back-to-office backfire: Companies ending WFH perks lose out on top talent, who view flexible work as equivalent to an 8% raise

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A woman sips coffee while working from her home office.

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Former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg has had it with federal employees working from home

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Former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg isn't a fan of remote work.

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