Page 4 - Work From Home

Total office space leasing in May jumps nearly 3-fold across 7 cities: JLL

The total or gross leasing of office spaces rose 28 per cent from 4.8 million square feet in April 2022 across seven major cities -- Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune and Kolkata

Flexible workspace demand jumps two-fold to 90,200 desks in FY22: Report

Demand for co-working office space jumped over two-fold in the last fiscal year at 90,200 desks across seven major cities as flexible workspaces rose in prominence after 2nd wave of the pandemic

Sri Lanka schools, public offices to work online as fuel crisis continues

Sri Lankan government has announced a shut-down of public sector offices from next week, beginning Monday due to severe fuel shortages as the nation continues to reel under its worst economic crisis

Juniors and seniors: What various generations think about working from home

A recent study by McKinsey & Co. found that workers aged 18 to 34 were 59% more likely to leave than 55- to 64-year-olds if their employer didn't offer a hybrid work arrangement

Tech industry comfortable with hybrid work model: Nasscom-BCG report

Over 80 percent of the IT companies and GCCs are most likely to adopt a hybrid work model as compared to the rest of the industry segments

Covid-19: Work from home is here to stay, says research firm CIRIL

The agency said there is a huge potential in infrastructure development and real estate sector, particularly in Tier II and Tier III cities

Elon Musk's office mandate, recession fears complicate new work era

Musk's recent demand that all Tesla Inc. employees get back to their desks or find work elsewhere has made him the latest figurehead of the return-to-office movement

Bangalore most competitive city for senior HR, cyber security professionals

The study looks to understand which cities are best placed to compete for the remote jobs of today and tomorrow and benefit from the increase in taxable income that will be generated

Gurugram issues WFH advisory to pvt institutions, offices amid heavy rain

A number of trees were uprooted in Sushant Lok, Gurugram-Faridabad Road, Sector-18 Road, Golf Course Road and Sector-44 road

Beijing extends work-from-home, orders mass testing as Covid cases rise

Beijing extended orders for workers and students to stay home and ordered additional mass testing Monday as cases of Covid-19 again rose in the city.

India's power grid creaks under hybrid work model, extreme heatwave

Indians are cranking up air conditioning as they still work from home, while lights come back on in offices and factories with an end to Covid curbs, upending power demand patterns amid a heatwave

India Inc struggles to get employees back to office

Scores of employees at WhiteHat Jr have recently quit after being told to join office. This has brought the focus back on India Inc's return-to-office plans and implementation challenges it is facing

Over 800 WhiteHat Jr workers resign when asked to work from office: Report

The employees who resigned didn't want to relocate to their respective office locations

People shift to comfortable office wears as workplaces reopen amid Covid

After working remotely in sweats and yoga pants for two years, many Americans are rethinking their wardrobes to balance comfort and professionalism as offices reopen

Two-thirds of workers might seek new jobs if forced back to office: Survey

The findings track US data showing high levels of job turnover, as well as near-record vacancies as firms struggle to recruit and hold onto workers

A Trapezoid? Conference tables change shape in hybrid-work era

As employees embrace hybrid work, companies need to reevaluate meeting spaces when some attendees are in the office and others dial in

Flexible working models needed to support women under new normal: Experts

According to an analysis by UN Women, 740 million women work in the informal economy and their income fell by 60 per cent in the first month of the pandemic

Rushing back to office

There's a real fear that senior colleagues, who can't stand the idea that one of their own has the privilege of working remotely, could end up undermining his position

Employees trickle back into changed office spaces as Covid-19 cases decline

As India Inc gets back to office, employers are tweaking work spaces and using innovative solutions to tackle new concepts

Working from home in coronavirus pandemic is a breeze, but for men

According to a New Zealand study, which found that while most people liked working from home during the pandemic, women still did the lion's share of the housework and childcare