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Offering Remote Work Options Creates a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workplace Environment

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Workers Thrive When Given the Choice of Work Environment . 2020). . One possibility is that women are often responsible for more household duties during commutes, such as picking up children and grocery shopping (Chatterjee, et al., 2020; Roberts et al., Thinking of taking up cycling? 2020). .

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Technology Firms Are Seeing More Layoffs Today Than In 2020

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They clearly need to trim and to rationalize projects that they just haven’t had to do for a decade and a half because the environment was so munificent.” . The dream seems to be over for the technology industry, which up until now has ridden a steady coast of high stock market valuations and revenue streams.

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Unlearning Silence in the Workplace: How to Speak Up at Work

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But some workplace experts are speaking up and encouraging employees to do just the same in 2024; perhaps the only “resolution” you will need this year is some real talk. What assumptions do we hold about where and when we’re allowed to speak up? What have we experienced as the costs of speaking up in the past?

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Flexible workspace market will be worth up to $50bn by end of decade

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According to a new market intelligence report , the worldwide flexible workspace market could exceed between 35 and 50 billion US dollars by 2030, reflecting the growing demand for flexible and agile work environments. In Australia, France, and the United Kingdom, 47 percent of employees engaged in remote work in 2020.

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Rapid Work Style Shifts Are Tanking Tax Revenues — Can City Planners Catch Up?

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City leaders must work quickly to keep up with the shift to remote work and the ripple effect it has on urban areas. We find a 45% decline in office values in 2020 and 39% in the longer-run, the latter representing a $453 billion value destruction. The post Rapid Work Style Shifts Are Tanking Tax Revenues — Can City Planners Catch Up?

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The Secret Life Of Colleagues

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In 2020, a scientist shared the reality of her Zoom background on Twitter. Recently, the Guardian published an article featuring images of real versus fake virtual backgrounds (based on readers’ photographs depicting both set-ups). The challenge is maintaining an appropriate balance between our personal and professional lives.

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How Remote Working Is Impacting Office Valuations Across Big Cities

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A working paper from NYU and Columbia University researchers shows that the value of New York City’s office buildings fell by one-third during 2020. . Using data from commercial real estate database CompStak, Van Nieuwerburgh and the other researchers were able to determine that lease revenues fell 8% from January 2020 to December 2021.

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