To be, or not to be, in the office. Has returning to work stalled? Kettle Register journos brew up on the future of hybrid in our latest Kettle Off-Prem09 Dec 2023 | 59
'Return to Office' declared dead Remote work is here to stay despite in-person mandates, this economist says On-Prem03 Dec 2023 | 234
Japanese tech startups testing cash incentives for office return Bonuses for bums on seats is a new one for us at Vulture Towers Offbeat27 Nov 2023 | 26
Amazon to staff: Come into the office – it'd be a shame if something happened to your promotion We know who's been naughty and who's been nice, says box-shifting-cum-cloud-computing biz On-Prem15 Nov 2023 | 33
AWS staffer shows off the workplace that used to be a prison Panopticon design gains new meaning for the all powerful cloud platform Bootnotes13 Nov 2023 | 14
Wipro: Get back to the office for three days a week or else Still, at least it isn't forcing everyone to wear smart casuals... On-Prem08 Nov 2023 | 19
Google ends partnership to build four San Francisco GoogleBurbs Working from home, smaller office footprints, and cost cutting made GoogleVille redundant On-Prem03 Nov 2023 | 32
Dropbox drops bucks to ditch digs in long-term WFH model SF corporate nerve center will be 87% smaller than pre-pandemic as others mandate in-person work On-Prem23 Oct 2023 | 10
Come work at HQ... or find a new job, Roblox CEO tells staff Games developer latest to row back on WFH flexibility. 'Zoom fatigue is real,' says bigwig On-Prem18 Oct 2023 | 38
Look, boss – Nvidia's still cool with staff working from home Plus: Stanford prof tells off industry for making decisions based on anecdotal data Offbeat16 Oct 2023 | 25
Meta spends $181M to get out of lease at vacant London offices Biz signed 20-year term in 2021 before COVID-19 caused the WFH revolution followed by redundancies On-Prem27 Sep 2023 | 40
As TikTok surveils staff's office hours, research indicates WFH is good for planet Not leaving home for work cuts an individual's carbon footprint by 54%, says research On-Prem20 Sep 2023 | 60
IBM Software tells workers: Get back to the office three days a week Managers warn company goals can't be achieved unless coders get more face time and less FaceTime AI + ML11 Sep 2023 | 156
Meta to use work badge and Status Tool to snoop on staff Not in office three days a week? Repeated 'violations' could lead to termination On-Prem18 Aug 2023 | 42
80% of execs regret calling employees back to the office Or so says a worrying survey On-Prem15 Aug 2023 | 217
Amazon's latest directive: Report to the office 'cos we're watching you Worker bees protest that they were read the riot act even when they did come in On-Prem11 Aug 2023 | 18
Zoom's new London hub – where 'remote work' meets 'we need you back in the office' Collaboration, cohesion, and irony all under one roof On-Prem11 Aug 2023 | 120
Google launches $99 a night Hotel Mountain View for hybrid workers And pandemic video conferencing poster child Zoom ushers staff back into the office for two days a week SaaS07 Aug 2023 | 68
Blue Origin tells staff to catch next rocket back to their desks Face colleagues five days a week, Jeff Bezos' space firm says On-Prem03 Aug 2023 | 39
Bosses face losing 'key' workers after forcing a return to office Survey says most would prefer a gentle request On-Prem29 Jun 2023 | 213
Think of our cafes and dry cleaners, says Ohio as budget slashes WFH for govt workers These expensive office buildings aren't for decoration – and that goes for the rest of ya, too On-Prem27 Jun 2023 | 52
WFH mandates bad for staff morale and stunt innovation Opportunistic Atlassian highlights problems in wake of move by Meta, Dell, Google and others Off-Prem12 Jun 2023 | 64
Google HR hounds threaten 'next steps' for slackers not coming in 3 days a week 'There's just no substitute for coming together in person' Off-Prem08 Jun 2023 | 84
Salesforce lures staff with $10 donation to charity for each day they're in the office Promo runs from June 12 and 24 as company promises it's not tracking which workers participate SaaS07 Jun 2023 | 14
Meta tells staff to return to office three days a week 'Engineers perform better in person' says Zuckerberg. Hang on, aren't you the defender of the Metaverse? On-Prem02 Jun 2023 | 61
UK tech industry pushing up salaries – but UI devs out of luck As much as 30% increase for some jobs Personal Tech31 May 2023 | 36
The future of digital healthcare could be a two-metre USB cable Comment Try showing a remote clinician your injured foot without one Personal Tech30 May 2023 | 75
Russian businesses want to party like it's 1959 with 6-day workweek In Putin's Russia, the work does you Offbeat22 May 2023 | 70
Dell reneges on remote work promise, tells staff to wear pants at least 3 days a week Some say return to the office is a soft layoff, others blame Gen Z On-Prem10 May 2023 | 107
Working from home could kill career advancement, says IBM CEO Just like turning 40, eh Arvind? On-Prem04 May 2023 | 75
CEO sorry after telling staff to 'leave pity city' over bonuses Video Put the $26 million in the bag Bootnotes21 Apr 2023 | 88
Meta chops another 10,000 employees, closes 5,000 vacancies The Year of Efficiency may also include sending engineers back into the office Personal Tech14 Mar 2023 | 60
Bosses failing to offer hybrid work lose out in recruitment Gartner finds pandemic-related trend is becoming the norm On-Prem01 Mar 2023 | 35
Results are in for biggest 4-day work week trial ever: 92% sticking with it Struggling to keep staff? Pilot brings huge dive in attrition, sick leave On-Prem21 Feb 2023 | 71
Amazon mandates return to office for 300,000 corporate staff 'Easier to learn, model, practice, and strengthen our culture when we’re in the office together' 3 days a week, says CEO Systems20 Feb 2023 | 151
Most Londoners would quit before they give up working from home Go on, spill the contents of that imaginary angry resignation email... it'll do you good On-Prem15 Feb 2023 | 144
WFH can get you 40% salary boost in UK and US tech jobs Web developer is the most likely role to be offered the arrangement On-Prem24 Jan 2023 | 31
Canadian owes bosses for 'time theft' after work-tracking app sinks tribunal bid She hoped to score thousands but laptop app had other ideas Security13 Jan 2023 | 37
Citizen Coder? Happiness Concierge? Here come 2023's business cards Opinion A pose by any other name would pay as sweet Personal Tech03 Jan 2023 | 66
Salesforce's new hires are less productive, says CEO Benioff Founder and bossman asks if WFH freedoms to blame SaaS19 Dec 2022 | 37
Corporate execs: Get back, get back, to the office where you once belonged Sing it in the key of C-suite, because operations truly doesn't care CxO16 Dec 2022 | 183
'What's the point of me being in my office, just because they want to see me in the office?' Workers ignoring calls to get back in swivel chair. Plus: more UK orgs sign up for 4-day work week On-Prem29 Nov 2022 | 260
China: Face-to-face meetings are best when swapping space station crews Tiangong's population to double for a week after very, very, long commute, if rare very cold launch succeeds Science29 Nov 2022 | 9
Zoom adds email and calendar to its apps, to relieve the crushing burden of ALT-TAB Also teams up with cinema chain AMC to let you Zoom at the movies Software09 Nov 2022 | 22
From the Great Resignation to demand for more overtime Economics dictate decisions even as resignations remain high Offbeat24 Oct 2022 | 24
IBM Consulting orders staff back to the office for at least three days a week Exclusive And would you believe it, employees are not thrilled On-Prem19 Oct 2022 | 20
CEO told to die in a car crash after firing engineers who had two full-time jobs Poll Boss says it was 'stealing' – but what do you think? Offbeat19 Oct 2022 | 228
Uber, Lyft stock decimated as US aims to classify gig workers as staff About to get a lot trickier to justify contractor status for app-hired folks Personal Tech11 Oct 2022 | 73
India's IT services sector wants workers back in offices – but not all the new hires Industry insists it needs new blood, yet offers are being rescinded, pay rises delayed, and workers are furious On-Prem05 Oct 2022 | 7
Remote work wipes $453b off office real estate Commercial 'apocalypse' now – and worse is yet to come, apparently On-Prem03 Oct 2022 | 36
Soaring costs, inflation nurturing generation of 'quiet quitters' among under-30s My friends say I should act my wage. What's my wage again? Offbeat27 Sep 2022 | 164
You've heard of the cost-of-living crisis, now get ready for the cost-of-working crisis As employers herd staff back to the office with few perks, workers are concerned about what it'll cost them On-Prem22 Sep 2022 | 116
BT CEO orders staff: Back to the office or risk 'disciplinary action' Exclusive '3 together, 2 wherever' policy incoming. 'We've lost that deep connection' says boss Networks21 Sep 2022 | 164
Philippines decides outsourcers need incentives to stick around, after all Just three months ago senior bureaucrat said 'Tax perks are not that important to investors.' Contortions now in place to keep cash flowing Channel19 Sep 2022 | 4
Red Hat says staff can stay away from the office forever Buildings need 'a vibe' and desk-free ‘neighborhoods’ to make them fun for those who decide to come in Off-Prem14 Sep 2022 | 23
Indian services giants fight over moonlighting employees Asia In Brief PLUS: Trustwave's Singapore owners selling?; Pakistan's suspiciously political internet brownout; Indonesian data leaks; and more! On-Prem29 Aug 2022 | 10
Microsoft to drop price for Teams Rooms, add free Basic tier for SMBs Hardware still required – plus tolerance for visiting the office and remote collaboration On-Prem18 Aug 2022 | 9
Apple to compel workers to spend '3 days a week' in the office Mandate starts in September, staff say its about 'fear of worker autonomy' On-Prem16 Aug 2022 | 73
Salesforce to let two-thirds of space in SF high-rise Office-space-as-a-service suits this cloud giant to a T On-Prem14 Jul 2022 | 4
Cisco compresses Catalyst switches to compact size Fanless fun for the whole family (if the supply chain functions) Networks28 Jun 2022 | 16
Tech companies ready public stances on Roe v. Wade Some providing out-of-state medical expenses, others spout general pro-choice statements Personal Tech27 Jun 2022 | 26
Tropical island paradise ponders tax-free 'Digital Nomad Visa' Live and work in Bali, pay tax at home Offbeat27 Jun 2022 | 29