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Elon Musk, the billionaire chief executive of Tesla, SpaceX and NeuraLink, has made a lot of headlines lately, but a noteworthy announcement may have been overshadowed by other news. In a tweet on July 8, Musk shared his plan to significantly increase child care benefits at his companies with details to be unveiled next month.
Remote work is not going away, and we have the stats to prove it.
Here are 14 remote work statistics and what they mean for coworking.
The monumental battle over remote work is heating up this summer as more traditionalist business leaders are demanding that their employees come to the office more often.
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To this day, some of my closest friends are people I met at various jobs over the course of my career. Before the pandemic, every day I looked forward to seeing friends at work, going out to lunch, getting coffee, being in meetings together, and having impromptu hallway conversations. These friendships transformed what work meant to me — it wasn’t just work, it was life.
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Even amid the Great Resignation, job demand skyrocketing, and shifting power dynamics between employers and employees that have led companies to enhance compensation packages and other perks, fears over job security still exist among a majority of workers.
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Summary. Companies are trying to retain employees through better pay, flexible working conditions, and emphasis on the corporate mission. These are not proving successful because the real problem is people’s engagement with the work they actually do.
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This is a challenging time for managers. Alongside their day-to-day roles, many are facing a never-ending cycle of reskilling and recruiting on their teams. The need to reskill isn’t new, with the OECD estimating that 1.1 billion jobs are liable to be radically transformed by technology in the next decade.
Is the future of work dog friendly? Pet parents nationwide are likely hoping it is, considering 67% of them welcomed a new dog into their family during the pandemic. And with many offices reopening after two years of remote work, those pet parents are increasingly seeking out dog-friendly companies to work for.
As we move beyond childhood, humans spend less and less time outside. In fact, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, most of us spend only seven percent of our entire lives outdoors.
