Work from Home: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Sep 2023
Extra sleep, breakfast: Google offers on-campus hotel to lure staff for WFO
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Extra sleep, breakfast: Google offers on-campus hotel to lure staff for WFO

An American multinational technology company, Google is offering a “Summer Special” program for employees aiming to ease hybrid work and travel time, and enjoy “delicious food.” According to CNBC, employees can book a room at an on-campus hotel in Mountain View for $99 a night in what it’s deeming a “Summer Special”. The internal material, as […]

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Cognizant doesn’t mandate its employees to Return to Office
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Cognizant doesn’t mandate its employees to Return to Office

An American multinational information technology services, Cognizant is not mandating its employees to return to the office any time soon. “We did express that social capital is important as we have freshers in the mix who will need hand-holding. It won’t be impactful if the managers don’t come to work. We will have a more […]

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Lyft CEO updates WFH policy employees to come office for snacks
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Lyft CEO updates WFH policy employees to come office for snacks

An American company offering mobility as a service company, Lyft CEO has updated Work-from-Home (WFH) policy. According to reports published by the New York Times in April, The employees would need to return to the office at least three days a week, each week beginning in the autumn. The company’s CEO David Risher thinks that office […]

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My boss revoked my Work From Home day and threatens to fire
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My boss revoked my Work From Home day and threatens to fire

Work from home continues to gain popularity and can be a beneficial arrangement for both employers and employees. Recently, a Reddit user shared a story claiming “My boss revoked my work from home day and told me to hurry up and find a new job”. An employee said in a post, “So I came back to the […]

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Companies implement processes to encourage employees WFO
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Companies implement processes to encourage employees WFO

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented turmoil and companies forced employees to work from home (WFH) by leveraging information technology. However, returning to the office after more than two years of working remotely marks another significant shift in how we work—and it brings with it some major opportunities. For a couple of months, companies have […]

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Amazon is asking some employees to relocate, here’s why
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Amazon is asking some employees to relocate, here’s why

An American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, Amazon is asking some corporate workers to relocate to other cities as part of its return-to-office policy. The announcement follows when the company earlier mandated employees to work from the office three days a week. As per reports, however, the company hasn’t decided the number of employees […]

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Gurugram issues WFH advisory for corporate offices due to rain
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Gurugram issues WFH advisory for corporate offices due to rain

The Gurugram Administration issued a work-from-home advisory to corporate and private offices for July 10 in the district due to heavy rains. The advisory has been issued in view of the forecast of heavy to very heavy rainfall in the district on July 9. According to the advisory, all corporate and private offices in the […]

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Boss wants an employee to come to work on day off as he is single
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Boss wants an employee to come to work on day off as he is single

A Reddit user Feggy_JVS shared a post stating that the boss wanted the employee to come to work on a day off as he is single. In the post on Reddit, the man attached a screenshot of the conversation that he had with his boss. The messages showed how his boss almost forced him to […]

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TCS, Accenture, Infosys, Google, IBM: Return to office strategy
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TCS, Accenture, Infosys, Google, IBM: Return to office strategy

IT and Tech major companies including TCS, Accenture, IBM, Google, and Infosys, etc are calling their employees back to the office and trying to have at least employees work 2-3 days from the office. Recently, Tech giant Google has revised its hybrid work policy, making it mandatory for employees to be in the office for at least […]

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Is WFH making people lazy and uncompetitive?- Sushant Dwivedy
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Is WFH making people lazy and uncompetitive?- Sushant Dwivedy

In Conversation With Sushant Dwivedy, Managing Director for India and the Philippines at SHL Sushant is the Managing Director for India and the Philippines at SHL. He has more than 3 decades of experience in the Indian IT industry, having worked in hardware, software, networking, and has managed services businesses for companies like Microsoft, Xerox, NCR, […]

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Infosys ends work-from-home option in these countries
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Infosys ends work-from-home option in these countries

The Indian multinational information technology company, Infosys has ended Work from home and has asked its employees in the United States and Canada to return to the office. According to the reports of TOI, Infosys will also issue a warning to employees regarding disciplinary measures if anyone fails to the new work office. The policy […]

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TCS women employees rejecting WFO, attrition is higher than men
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TCS women employees rejecting WFO, attrition is higher than men

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) has recently said women attrition was higher than that of men likely due to the return-to-office policy. The company has employee-led policies and women constitute 35 percent of the workforce of over 6,00,000. TCS has always focused on women’s employment. The situation is alarming post-Covid. Milind Lakkad, Chief Human Resources Officer […]

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