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‘Not a productivity problem’: Why WFH isn’t going away anytime soon
Hybrid working has become the new normal in Australia, according to research that suggests this is more good than bad.
- 32 mins ago
- Euan Black
Burnt out, distracted: is the modern workplace broken?
Medibank executives are among those who think the answer to a disengaged workforce lies in a four-day workweek, but bosses worry that workers have gone soft.
- Euan Black
This Month
American work-from-home rates drop to lowest since the pandemic
Fears of a recession have eroded employees’ ability to demand the telework perks they won early in the pandemic, when the labour market sat squarely in their favour.
- Zachary Fleming, Redd Brown and Ignacio Gonzalez
How can I be more productive while working from home?
Sticking to the same pre-work routine every morning is a good way of getting into the zone, says Atlassian’s work futurist Dominic Price.
- Euan Black
What makes you fatter – office life, or WFH?
An exercise app tracked 2000 hybrid workers, comparing their activity while working from home with a typical day at the workplace. The results may surprise you.
- Jack Rear
September
- Opinion
- Office
Which offices will win? It’s all about location
When it comes to renting office property, businesses are thinking a lot more about access to transport, retail, services and after-hours entertainment.
- Robert Harley
Meta pays $283m to ditch London office as staff work from home
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has been abandoning real estate as it redesigns its offices with more shared work areas and hot-desking. It comes amid a new hybrid working policy for staff.
- Tim Wallace and Matthew Field
Whose responsibility is it for office productivity?
Office landlords want workers back in the office to make them more effective and collaborate, but the onus is on landlords to draw people back.
- Campbell Kwan
- Opinion
- Property investment
Why developers see potential in unloved office buildings
This is how some landlords are looking to convert office properties to residential apartments to generate more rent.
- Sam Tamblyn
It’s now the tenants’ time, landlord Cbus Property says
The shift to working from home is hitting landlords of bigger tenants harder than smaller ones.
- Michael Bleby
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- Hiring
Work from home era pushes more tech jobs offshore
High salaries, a skills shortage and more staff looking to work permanently from home has pushed bosses to look overseas to find professionals for IT roles.
- Tess Bennett
August
One in three Australian office desks are empty: report
One in three desks and cubicles in Australian offices remain empty all week, according to new research from workplace sensor provider XY Sense.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Workplace
Hellish co-workers another excuse to WFH
The pandemic eased the scourge of the loud or smelly colleague, but the return to the office is bringing new woes.
- Pilita Clark
WeWork in last-ditch attempt to save NYSE listing
The New York-based company has been bleeding cash, and customers of its office rentals are cancelling memberships in droves.
- Lynn Doan and Georgi Azar
- Exclusive
- Office
Sundays now busier than Mondays in Melbourne
The way Australians interact with their cities has fundamentally changed since the pandemic with Sundays now busier than Mondays and evening activity significantly higher.
- Patrick Durkin
Why ‘bossware’ that counts WFH keystrokes doesn’t work
Workplace experts argue companies get better results when they focus on the outcomes employees are expected to achieve rather than how they achieve them.
- Euan Black
Recession fears not driving workers back to office: survey
More than three years after the start of the pandemic, the corporate world is still grappling with workplace productivity and management.
- Michael Bleby
Hot-desking: Coming (back) to an office near you
The shared work station is making a comeback. But this time the trend features more quiet rooms and better tech, as employers want more people back in the office.
- Nick Lenaghan
Why there’s a growing push for the ‘right to disconnect’
In today’s “always-on” culture the ability to carve out time away from work is shaping up as another front in the post-pandemic fight over how, and where, we do our jobs.
- Euan Black
Why remote working didn’t work for this lawyer
Individuals will always differ, but the main game is a power struggle playing out now between employers and employees.
- Michael Bleby
