Researchers in the study looked at data from over 61,000 employees at the company from December 2019 — right before the pandemic — to June 2020 — right in between the pandemic. The data was based on anonymised data describing the emails, messages, calls, meetings and working hours of Microsoft employees in the US. Data also included the […]
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By: Sarah KesslerWhen offices finally reopen, some companies plan to use them in a very different way than they did before the pandemic, giving workers the choice to come in just a few days a week, or not at all. Some employees are eager to return to the office full time as soon as they
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Even if managing remote employees is becoming a more widespread phenomenon, many leaders stills struggle with one of its key aspects – employee recognition. It doesn’t matter whether employees work on-site or remotely – obviously, they need to be engaged and motivated all the same. Unfortunately, without the opportunities for spontaneous ‘Good job!’ remarks, many managers are
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Recruiters face numerous challenges in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual recruiting, where all parts of the recruiting process is done remotely, has become the norm in most companies. Sourcing and screening have largely been remote even before the pandemic hit but even those stages pose a challenge now with the shift in the
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Traditional employee onboarding has been a challenge since last year when the pandemic changed the way businesses were being conducted across the world. Organizations resorted to work from home and HR departments faced problems in conducting employee onboardings due to COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns. Since it became difficult for candidates to be physically present in
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“Work from home” isn’t just a perk anymore. It’s the future of work. And HR leaders will want to create or adapt remote work policies that fit the new reality. Nearly 60% of CFOs say they’re ready to make – or already have made – remote work a permanent option for employees, a recent PwC pulse
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Written by Austan Goolsbee Millions of Americans have gotten a taste of working from home during the pandemic, and, boy, have they liked it. Almost two-thirds of U.S. workers in a McKinsey survey at the start of the year said they wanted to work from home at least three days a week when the pandemic was
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Many employees who’ve worked from home want to keep it that way. If they can’t stay home, they’ll quit. What can HR do to retain employees now? Nearly 30% of remote workers say they’ll quit their job if they aren’t allowed to continue remote work, recent research from LiveCareer found. Another two-thirds of employees say they only
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