Reality bites for COVID tree-changers called back to city offices

Reality bites for COVID tree-changers called back to city offices

Stephen Mudd was one of the thousands of workers who fled Sydney during COVID-19. Now,once a week,he gets up at 4.20am to commute back to his city office.

  • byCatherine Naylor

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Getting back to the office comes at a cost,but who will pay?

Getting back to the office comes at a cost,but who will pay?

The cost-of-living crisis may be a factor in getting workers back to the office. But are bosses blind to the push factors?

  • byBen Hamer
Why the world’s second-largest champagne maker hates remote work

Why the world’s second-largest champagne maker hates remote work

Vranken-Pommery Monopole co-owner Nathalie Vranken wants you to come into the office more and then go for dinner and drinks.

  • byJessica Yun
Remote employees don’t ‘work as hard’,says private equity billionaire

Remote employees don’t ‘work as hard’,says private equity billionaire

The boss of private equity group Blackstone claims that workers are refusing to return to their office desks partly because they enjoy a lighter workload at home.

  • byAdam Mawardi andJames Warrington
‘It’s a privilege,not an entitlement’:Medibank to trial four-day work week

‘It’s a privilege,not an entitlement’:Medibank to trial four-day work week

The ASX-listed private health insurance company has dubbed the time off as a “gift”.

  • byJessica Yun
I’m thinking of going freelance - how do I make it work?

I’m thinking of going freelance - how do I make it work?

Freelancing can provide you plenty of flexibility but it can come with numerous downsides.

  • byJonathan Rivett
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Goldin’s Nobel prize shows flexible work is key for women,despite what CEOs say
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Goldin’s Nobel prize shows flexible work is key for women,despite what CEOs say

Her research shows remote work of the pandemic era is not an “aberration”,as some CEOs have labelled it,but a regression toward the mean.

  • bySarah Green Carmichael
Bosses mean it this time:Return to the office or get a new job

Bosses mean it this time:Return to the office or get a new job

After more than two years of trying to coax workers back into offices,bosses are losing their patience.

  • byTaylor Telford
Zoom and a beer? The employees encouraged to work from the pub

Zoom and a beer? The employees encouraged to work from the pub

Fancy opening up the laptop in the pub with your boss’s blessing? This month might just be your chance.

  • bySue White
Back in the office? Fine. But not from 9 to 5

Back in the office? Fine. But not from 9 to 5

While many employers are now asking people to come in a certain number of days a week,hardly any are tracking exactly how long they stay.

  • byAbha Bhattarai
Should talented staff be allowed to work less?

Should talented staff be allowed to work less?

It’s worth having a difficult conversation about why a worker wants to cut back their hours.

  • byJonathan Rivett