Remote work

Why are 93% of workers looking for a new job?

New research finds that the vast majority of employees are open to a job search in 2025. And money may not be as much of a factor as it used to be.

Remote jobs? Hybrid life? RTO full-time? We still can’t decide what’s best

Almost five years after the first-ever remote work experiment began, the world of work remains unable to answer this fundamental question: Can humans consistently...

2025 return-to-office trends: Will Amazon and Dell lead the way?

Employer policies around return-to-office will continue to recalibrate next year, experts say, creating challenges and opportunities for HR.

Remote work. Hybrid. In-office full-time. Does Amazon know what’s best?

CEO Andy Jassy announced this week that all corporate employees need to work in the office full-time starting in January. Where do HR leaders land today on the remote, hybrid, in-office debate?

HR dilemma: Are managers ignoring return-to-office policies?

Despite official return-to-office policies, most managers in the U.K. aren't strictly enforcing these mandates. Here's how this can impact an organization and what HR leaders should do.

3 principles for building a resilient remote workforce

Cultivating a resilient remote work culture requires a thoughtful combination of strategic vision, personalized team member support and meaningful opportunities for in-person connection.

RTO trends: Are we really all heading back to offices full-time?

Citigroup, HSBC and Barclays are the latest companies to require more employees to come into the office full-time. However, a return-to-office expert cautions HR leaders against assuming this is an emerging trend.

Many RTO policies are failing, research shows. Here’s how to fix them

A third of employees say their organization has modified its RTO policy more than once, signaling a high failure rate, work-from-home expert and Stanford professor Nick Bloom says in a video interview.

Why mandated RTO could lead to massive executive departures

Fearing a loss of autonomy and work/life balance, many executives would leave an organization rather than return to the office, a recent Gartner report finds.

Asynchronous work: 3 strategies to make it more effective

For nearly 20 years, software company Atlassian has had a distributed workforce. Here’s what HR leaders can learn about making asynchronous work a success.

To make RTO work, HR and the CEO need to have some tough conversations

The number of employers instituting return-to-office policies is expected to soar to 80% by the end of the year, putting more HR leaders in the position of addressing the difficult topic with their top business leader.

Amazon digs in on RTO: Come back or it’s ‘not going to work out’

First, the tech giant announced corporate employees must work in a company "hub" three days a week—or resign without severance. How will employees react now?

How Elon Musk’s anti-remote work comments can actually help HR leaders

Following Elon Musk’s controversial comments about remote workers, a Wharton management professor and Josh Bersin share insights on how HR leaders can navigate conversations with their CEO about return to office policies.

Remote work is trending down in Canada; is the U.S. next?

Remote work arrangements fell in 2022, and, for a number of employees who didn't have a choice of location, their wellbeing suffered, according to a new study from WorkHuman.

How did PwC record big wins with its $2.4 billion people program?

Think rest and relaxation, among other foundations of the My+ cultural transformation program, says Chief People Officer Yolanda Seals-Coffield.

Proximity matters at work. What does that mean for the future of remote work?

The belief that workers are more productive in-office runs counter to corporate America’s efforts to be inclusive, but it could be a factor in more companies nudging employees to return to the office, according to a survey released Thursday.

How to develop a digital transformation mindset—now

For starters, realize it’s an ongoing journey and not a one-time project. Mercer’s new global leader of digital HR strategy offers insights on how to start developing your digital transformation mindset today.

Update: How Medtronic is working to ‘amplify the impact’ of its DEI focus

Medtronic CHRO Carol Surface, who will join Apple in March, shares the global health technology company's evolving approach and impressive pay equity stats.

Why sometimes outside the box is just ‘returning to things that work’

At the music company Sweetwater, culture, wellbeing, empathy—and even meetings held in different locations—are inspiring Chief People Officer Jeff Ostermann.

Oracle’s new platform latest sign of growth in employee listening

The employee experience and listening space is growing at 100% a year because of its importance in attracting and retaining workers amid the Great Resignation, analyst Josh Bersin says.