"I spoke to one gentleman who, I think he wanted to be very prepared for the call," Nibler said, "but he was, you know, fresh from the shower, with his hair still dripping wet, his shirt was open."
The latest: The ARC's Regional Commuter Survey, which was conducted last year, collected responses from more than 6,000 employed people across the 20-county region. 20% of respondents said they telework full time, up from 6% in 2019, the last time the ARC did the survey. Nearly 60% of respondents said they telework "at least occasionally," compared to 43% in 2019. Close to 75% of households that earned more than $200,00 a year teleworked occasionally. About half of lower-income households reported teleworking.
Flexible working is a hot topic that's rapidly making its way into the SME (small-medium-sized enterprise) market, especially after covid and all its repercussions on businesses Due to covid-19, many small to medium businesses have had to disband their in-house team, and those that were left working found themselves at home. This was especially prevalent in industries like social media advertising agencies, customer services relations, online-focused eCommerce brands and B2B businesses.
While some semblance of normality is likely to return in due course, the precise form of that return to routine remains far from certain. Of 1,250 British respondents quizzed for their views, widespread apprehension was recorded relating to 'pent up' emotions built up over months of lockdown. Acknowledging that social distancing measures are likely to translate into fewer instances of physical harassment, the report considers the pessimist's side of the coin - in that fewer staff may make individuals more vulnerable.
Intuition might have you thinking that face-to-face contact is better at getting the creative juices flowing than a voice-only phone call. A 2022 study led by business professor Melanie Brucks, however, found that videoconferencing was detrimental to creative idea generation because communicators feel obligated to stare at the screen. The experiment pitted videoconference groups against in-person groups to see which could find more creative uses for different objects.
Kate Lister is a widely recognized thought leader on trends that are changing the who, what, when, where, why, and how of work. As the founder of Global Workplace Analytics, she has been helping organizations understand, pilot, scale, and optimize their workplace strategies and work practices for nearly two decades. Kate was one of only three witnesses invited to testify before a U.S. Senate committee regarding the post-pandemic potential for distributed work in government.
