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Twitter calls its employees back to the office by tomorrow
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Twitter calls its employees back to the office by tomorrow

Parag Agrawal, Chief Executive Officer of Twitter has announced that its offices will reopen from March 15, globally. “Twitter forever works from home policy still holds,” says Agrawal. Recently, he said that employees can choose a hybrid working model, some days from the office and some days from the home. Agrawal, who was promoted to […]

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Google mandates 03 days work from office, effective April 4
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Google mandates 03 days work from office, effective April 4

Alphabet Inc’s Google from April 4 will require employees back about three days a week in some of its U.S., U.K., and Asia Pacific offices, its first step to end policies that allowed remote work because of COVID-19 concerns. An internal email on Wednesday seen by Reuters told employees in the San Francisco Bay Area […]

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These companies planning to call employees ‘Back to Office’ soon
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These companies planning to call employees ‘Back to Office’ soon

As the third wave of Covid-19 omicron subsides, most of the companies are planning to call their employees back to office in a staggered manner. Some of the companies have started their process and informed employees to be ready to join the office. According to media reports, IT firms such as Wipro, Cognizant, TCS, and […]

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These 8 companies have shifted to permanent WFH for all employees
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These 8 companies have shifted to permanent WFH for all employees

With the COVID-19 pandemic bringing unprecedented changes in work-life; along with masks and sanitizers, working from home (WFH) became a lifestyle change for professionals. The remote work trend was initially forced on employees due to the pandemic, however, after two years remote working has become a new normal. Most of the employees (80%) admitted that they prefer […]

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Microsoft to fully reopen its headquarters on Feb 28
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Microsoft to fully reopen its headquarters on Feb 28

Microsoft has announced plans to fully reopen its offices in Washington State (its headquarters) on February 28, as Omicron-led Covid infections subside across the country. The company said that based on improving local health metrics, its Washington state work sites will move to the sixth and final stage of the hybrid workplace model, effective February 28. […]

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COVID-19 third wave subsides in India, what people prefer WFH or WFO?
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COVID-19 third wave subsides in India, what people prefer WFH or WFO?

With the COVID-19 pandemic bringing unprecedented changes in work life, a study has revealed that 82 per cent of respondents admitted that they prefer working from home (WFH) to going back to the office. The remote work trend was initially forced on employees due to the pandemic, however, after two years remote working has become […]

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TCS, Wipro, Cognizant planning to resume ‘Return To Office’ soon
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TCS, Wipro, Cognizant planning to resume ‘Return To Office’ soon

Does WFH end? TCS, Wipro, Cognizant planning to resume ‘Return To Office’ from next month Last week, Union Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has announced that full office attendance in the Central government offices shall be resumed from February 7, and employees, at all levels, will attend office without any exemption. The Government […]

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Centre to resume full office attendance ‘Without Any Exemption’ from Feb 7
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Centre to resume full office attendance ‘Without Any Exemption’ from Feb 7

Union Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh on Sunday announced that full office attendance in the Central government shall be resumed from February 7, and employees, at all levels, will attend office without any exemption. He said that this decision was taken after a review of the pandemic situation and in view […]

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Pregnant Women, Divyang Employees exempted from attending office
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Pregnant Women, Divyang Employees exempted from attending office

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said that pregnant women and ‘divyang‘ (differently-abled) employees of central government departments have been exempted from attending office in the wake of a sharp spike in Covid cases. However, they will be required to remain available and work from home, he said. Officials and staff living in Covid containment […]

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Cognizant delays its plan to call staff back to office amid omicron threat
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Cognizant delays its plan to call staff back to office amid omicron threat

US-headquartered Cognizant Technology Solutions delays its plan to call employees back to the office. Now The company will call its employees back to the office in April 2022. Earlier, IT major was planning to bring employees back to the workplace from January 2022. Cognizant CEO Brian Humphries said in an email to its employees, “Given […]

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Google employees who choose to WFH could see their pay cut
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Google employees who choose to WFH could see their pay cut

Google employees who choose to work from home permanently could see their pay cut Google employees based in the same office before the pandemic could see different changes in pay if they switch to working from home permanently, with long commuters hit harder, according to a company pay calculator seen by Reuters. It is an […]

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62% women working in Tech Industry prefer working from office: Survey
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62% women working in Tech Industry prefer working from office: Survey

62% women working in Tech Industry prefer working from office: Survey Almost 38 per cent of Indian women working in the tech or IT industry prefer working at home to working in the office, says a new survey. About 36 per cent women said they had more autonomy when not working in an office, according to the […]

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