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Ariella
7/25/2017 9:43:26 AM
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@faryl there was an article on just this: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-boss-wants-you-back-in-the-office-1500975001
Big businesses have embraced flexible work practices, but fewer of them seem to favor full-time working from home.
International Business Machines Corp. IBM +0.49% , Aetna Inc., AET +0.71% Bank of America Corp., Best Buy Co. BBY +0.64% , Honeywell International Inc. HON -0.41% and Reddit Inc. are among employers that have ended or reduced remote-work arrangements recently as managers demand more collaboration, closer contact with customers—and more control over the workday.
Bringing workers back to the office isn't easy, managers say. Remote employees often set their own hours and ways of working, and bridle when faced with open-plan offices and set meeting schedules.
A large majority of U.S. employers let staffers telecommute sometimes, according to the Society for Human Resource Management.
Yet the portion of U.S. workers who performed all or some of their work at home fell to 22% last year, from 24% in 2015. Such workers spent an average of 3.1 hours a day toiling at home last year, down slightly from 2015, according to the Labor Department's American Time Use Survey.
Coming back to the office can be "honestly terrifying" for remote workers, says Andrew Marder, a research analyst with Capterra Inc., a business-software review site owned byGartner Inc.
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@faryl:
I have heard this becoming a new trend again in near future for obvious reasons like collaboration, team building etc. I agree that face value has a bigger value add in meetings besides audio/video issues we often times end up dealing with for fraction of the meeting time.
I personally like the mix of both on site and remote work environments. That flexibility adds a motivating factor while delaing with work-life balance situations. There should be a good way to coordinate and collaborate as needed while having that flex option in hand.
Michelle
7/25/2017 2:12:51 PM
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Academia is a crazy world for sure! In some cases, terrible tenured faculty get to stay on full-time while better adjuncts are stuck as part-timers.
Michelle
7/25/2017 2:14:10 PM
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Thanks for sharing that story. I wondered what might happen when companies decide they now want all workers in a building together.
Ariella
7/25/2017 3:03:56 PM
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@Michelle Yes, once tenure is awarded, professors can get away with quite a bit. Way too many abuse their positions, just using the classroom as a platform to promote their own political views and ideology even when they have a defined topic for teh course. Adjuncts would not likely get away with that because student complaints would likely mean they wouldn't get rehired next semester.
mhhf1ve
7/25/2017 4:17:07 PM
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I haven't seen too many tenured professors promote their own political views in the classroom, but maybe I haven't been taking the right classes. And students can usually see through the bias when it happens, anyway. Is it a real problem? I think most students know when they apply to their schools which schools have a liberal or conservative bent.
Ariella
7/25/2017 4:39:00 PM
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@mhhf1ve I'm drawing directly on my daughter's experience currently in a CUNY school with one particular professor. I'm not saying all do it, but some do.
vnewman
7/25/2017 7:00:35 PM
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@Adi - that's hilarious! I always think that one day in the future it will common place for people to wonder in amazement: "You mean you had to GO somewhere to work every day????"" Astonishing!!
faryl
7/25/2017 7:16:16 PM
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@ariella Thanks for sharing this! (I'm feeling quite clever right now - though my comment was partly in jest - lol!)
faryl
7/25/2017 7:18:29 PM
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Exactly! (Your comment about hipsters reminds me of a picture I just saw of hipster-esque folks standing outside Amazon's "innovative" new brick & mortar bookstore that's opening in NYC.)
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