Workers resisting the office grind are suddenly lonely at home

By Irina Anghel Bloomberg Three years after the pandemic closed down offices around the world, the remote-work revolution has morphed into a tug of war between frustrated bosses and fed-up staff. While workers don’t want to give up flexibility, leaders want teams back to boost collaboration and avoid a productivity slump. The impasse is the

Return to Office Enters the Desperation Phase

The next stage of getting workers back at their desks includes incentives like $10 to the charity of their choice — and consequences like poor performance evaluations if they don’t make the trek in. For 10 days, Salesforce is giving a $10 charitable donation per day on behalf of any employee who comes into the

Seattle’s 5 largest tech employers agree: It’s return-to-office time

When several hundred Seattle Amazon.com Inc. employees staged a walkout on May 31, it was in part over the company’s stricter return-to-office policy that went into effect at the beginning of May. Its requirement that employees work in the office three days a week meant Amazon’s 65,000-employee local corporate and tech workforce have had to resume

Getting rid of remote work will take more than a downturn

As the economy slows, a handful of prominent CEOs have tried to put an end to remote work. But some economists say that even in a cooler labor market, working from home is likely to remain common. (Jared Oriel/The New York Times) By Sarah Kessler The New York Times During the nearly three years since

Playbook for 2023: How to make your hybrid office better

Enlarge With economic worries mounting, it’s likely 2023 will be a critical year for the future of hybrid offices. ALEUTIE IN THIS ARTICLE PlaybookTopic NationalTopic Jan LehmanPerson Maureen Jules-PerezPerson Micah RemleyPerson By Ty West  –  Editor-in-Chief, The Playbook, Jan 3, 2023 Updated Jan 3, 2023, 10:29pm PST Listen to this article     4 min Editor’s Note: This story is part of our

Many bosses plan to clamp down on hybrid workers

Enlarge Many bosses are planning to step up efforts to get employees into the office. NUTHAWUT SOMSUK VIA GETTY IMAGES IN THIS ARTICLE Professional ServicesIndustry PlaybookTopic By Andy Medici  –  Senior Reporter, The Playbook, Nov 8, 2022 Updated Nov 8, 2022, 11:45pm PST Listen to this article     6 min Many employees remain reluctant to return to the office — even

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Fewer drivers in Seattle’s Highway 99 tunnel could create need for bailout

1 of 2 | Downtown Seattle looms behind the south portal of the Highway 99 tunnel, which isn’t generating enough toll income to pay for maintenance and $200 million in construction debt. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times) By  Mike Lindblom  Seattle Times staff reporter Washington state’s new Highway 99 tunnel lost so much traffic because

Microsoft’s plans to slash Eastside leases signal troubling trend for Bellevue

Broderick Group described Microsoft’s possible move out of Bellevue as a “catastrophic blow” to the market. Anthony Bolante | PSBJ Microsoft Corp. is gradually confirming its plans to relinquish office space on the Eastside, putting Bellevue’s real estate market on an unhealthy trend. The Redmond-based software maker doesn’t plan to renew leases on 1.1 million