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Is Working From Home Too Good to Be True?

Is Working From Home Too Good to Be True?

FromGame Plan


Is Working From Home Too Good to Be True?

FromGame Plan

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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Jun 13, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Letting employees occasionally work from home makes them happy, can save companies money and there's research to suggest it could help close the gender pay gap. But some companies, like IBM, say remote work encourages habits that hurt collaboration, innovation and productivity. Last month the company told hundreds of thousands of employees they had to report to headquarters. So what's the future of work? Guest Christopher Mims, a technology columnist and a 10-year veteran of working from home, explains why he believes companies can't curb the trend of working from a distance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Jun 13, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (94)

You spend more time at your job than just about anywhere else. Game Plan, a weekly show hosted by Bloomberg reporter Rebecca Greenfield and editor Francesca Levy, takes a close look at the way we live our lives at work. Greenfield and Levy dive into everything from how we started speaking in office jargon to the strategic value of being nice to your colleagues. It turns out that there’s a lot more to say about the office grind than you may have realized.