Elon Musk plans to call Twitter workers back to the office after 50% layoffs

Elon Musk intends to change Twitter’s current policy of allowing staff to work remotely by requesting that they come into the company’s offices.

Axios reported on Thursday (3 Nov 2022) that Twitter’s policy of allowing remote work may be changing as a result of an upcoming layoff. This decision is a stark reversal of Twitter’s current policy, which permits staff to work remotely on a permanent basis.

According to sources within the firm, many employees are unable or unwilling to transfer, which will lead to additional attrition in addition to layoffs.

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Why LEGO’s hybrid working becomes a new standard

The LEGO Group’s strategy for hybrid working has been recognized as a model for other businesses to imitate. Here explains.

Thanks to the layout of its new LEGO Campus, The LEGO Group’s strategy for hybrid working has been recognized as a model for other businesses to imitate.

On March 5, 2022, LEGO opened its corporate headquarters in Billund, Denmark, after five years of preparation and construction. Its architects created a 580,00 square foot campus to promote playfulness and production.

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Over 10,000 People Indicate That Hybrid Working Has Helped Office Culture To Get Better, According To Financial Times

Hybrid working seems the new way for office, but businesses require bold thinking for office design.

Financial Times recently raised a poll on LinkedIn about office culture and hybrid working: “As Covid-19 restrictions have eased, do you feel that office culture has changed for the better?“.

More than 20,000 people have voted and 55% of them agreed that hybrid working had helped office culture to become better.

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A good reason is the only key to encouraging work-in-office, according to Microsoft

Recent research from Microsoft on the situation of hybrid work identifying people need a good reason to come back office rather just decision from boss.

Many businesses have struggled with the return to work; some companies such as Apple have even rolled back plans after one-size-fits-all approaches failed to produce the desired results.

So how can leaders encourage employees to value face-to-face time? According to the findings in Microsoft’s recent research “Hybrid work is just work. Do We Have It Wrong? “, people seek each other out in order to rekindle the social interaction they have missed.

In other words, reestablishing social capital can be a potent motivator for employees to return to the workplace.

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Businesses are more assured about obtaining hybrid work, by Thales

84% of IT professionals now have faith in their user access security technologies to facilitate secure remote work.

According to a recent study from cybersecurity company Thales, businesses are feeling more confident about securing hybrid operations post-pandemic.

Up from 56% in 2021, 84% of IT professionals now have some level of faith in their user access security technologies to facilitate secure remote work.

Concerns among IT professionals regarding remote work security threats dropped from 39% in 2021 to 31% in 2022.

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Why is “quiet quitting” the next thing you need to know? 

This article explains what quiet quitting is and what generation Z expected.

The idea of “Quiet resigning” has spread like a supernova throughout the media during the past several weeks.

Compared with the new work models such as hybrid and remote working, the drawbacks of the traditional work method have obviously been shown, the best example is “Quiet quitting”. 

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Zoom: Flexibility is at the heart of hybrid work

Zoom: Flexibility and Inclusivity are the core values of hybrid work.

  • Zoom hosted a panel of their enterprise customers to help them understand how they approach these critical aspects of hybrid work.
  • Flexibility and Inclusivity are the core values of hybrid work.
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Amazon Stops Work on Six Office Towers Amid Hybrid Work Demand

Amazon is halting the construction of six new office buildings to rethink the designs to accommodate Hybrid Work.

By Reuters, Amazon Inc said on Friday that it is halting the construction of six new office buildings in Bellevue and Nashville to rethink the designs to accommodate Hybrid Work.

The construction halt and delay would not influence Amazon’s recruiting ambitions, according to a company representative, who reiterated the company’s pledge to generate 25,000 employees in Bellevue and another 5,000 in Nashville.

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GitLab: Flexibility is critical for retaining IT talent now

Research on young generation about the expectation of their work environment.

  • 66% of workers would like to find a flexible job in the coming future.
  • The unalignment of expectations of different parties lead to talent loss.
  • Hybrid working is the best way to resolve the conflict between the younger generation and C-level people.
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How the future of offices has been redefined now?

How the future of the workplace has been changed? Here is the answer.

  • The future of the workplace has been rapidly changed because of the economic shift and the Covid-19 epidemic.
  • The meaning of performance and office environment has been redefined in recent years.

The office has changed from time to time. In America, it evolved from factory-like office floors in the early twentieth century through the postwar corporate world of cubicles, to our current era of flexible workspaces and open-floor layouts.

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