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Amazon RTO leaves working moms behind

Amazon mandated that all employees soon return to the office five days a week.

Zillow CEO says job applications have quadrupled since going remote-first

Zillow CEO says job applications have quadrupled since going remote-first

The firm’s CloudHQ model has given it a leg up over the companies demanding a return to the office.

The workplace attention span is dead: Most office workers can't go 30 minutes without getting distracted

The workplace attention span is dead: Most office workers can't go 30 minutes without getting distracted

As more workers return to the office, they risk getting distracted by coworkers, manager check-ins, and meetings.

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Many meetings could be emails: survey finds work waste

Many work meetings are wasting workers' time, according to a global study by Atlassian, and companies are too slow to use AI tools despite their benefits.

Productivity theater is the biggest time suck among workers, study finds—'we’re in a system that, unintentionally, is set up to steal our attention'

Responding to incessant Slack pings is wasting 25 billion hours of work a year, a new Atlassian study finds.

Tech 'team anywhere' marks 1000 days of remote work

Tech company Atlassian is counting the gains and burnout lessons of betting on a different future of work for its remote or "distributed" employees.

CEOs will finally admit next year that return-to-office mandates didn’t move the productivity needle, future of work experts predict

Experts predict that everyone will grasp the difference between “where work happens” and “how work happens” problems next year.

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Atlassian swears by remote work, but if you’re in wrong time zone, good luck landing job at $63B firm

Atlassian swears by remote work, but if you’re in wrong time zone, good luck landing job at $63B firm

The software firm expects members within any given team to have "at least four to six hours of overlap" with their colleagues.

'The push for work-life balance is fatally flawed,' according to a 100-page report and survey of 5,000 workers

'The push for work-life balance is fatally flawed,' according to a 100-page report and survey of 5,000 workers

Employees don’t necessarily want to work from home; they really just want to have options.

RTO mandates aren’t working: Most workers are ready to quit for a remote job, even if it means a pay cut

RTO mandates aren’t working: Most workers are ready to quit for a remote job, even if it means a pay cut

That’s bad news for bosses who are holding on to the hope of a full office return.

Expecting a return to office will boost worker productivity is ‘magical thinking,’ says Meta’s former director of remote work

Expecting a return to office will boost worker productivity is ‘magical thinking,’ says Meta’s former director of remote work

“The idea that if you bring everyone into this mandatory environment, working shoulder to shoulder, magical outcomes will come—that’s a silly thing.”

Software giant Atlassian bucks the return-to-office trend—and uses new ways of evaluating real estate

Software giant Atlassian bucks the return-to-office trend—and uses new ways of evaluating real estate

The company lets employees work wherever they please, yet it still has ambitious plans for new offices.

An software CEO worth $12 billion says he goes to the office ‘once a quarter,’ bucking Big Tech's return to office trend

An software CEO worth $12 billion says he goes to the office ‘once a quarter,’ bucking Big Tech's return to office trend

Atlassian CEO Scott Farquhar says he hasn't seen a productivity change after letting employees work from home.

Most bosses regret how they mandated workers return to the office

Most bosses regret how they mandated workers return to the office

80% of bosses told workplace software firm Envoy that they would have taken a starkly different approach to their return-to-office plans.

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Amazon exec says it’s time for RTO: ‘I don’t have data to back it up, but I know it’s better’

“We’re here, we’re back. It’s working,” Mike Hopkins, Amazon Studios head, said in a meeting, before acknowledging a lack of evidence.

Hybrid work is an ‘illusion of choice’, says Meta’s former director of remote work

Hybrid work isn't the truce everyone says it is if you ask Atlassian's VP of Team Anywhere.

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