Work from home

A lot more work will be done remotely in the future than was the case before the pandemic, but there may be some potential conflicts over how exactly that will play out.

The firm has about 200,000 staffers doing their jobs from home, a spokesman said.

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Video chatting streamlines job interviews and employee engagement, while WFH deepens talent pools and gives candidates more independence.

More than half of U.S. employees currently working from home say they’d like to keep their remote arrangements beyond the pandemic, according to a Pew Research Center survey.

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Cook has been adamant publicly about his desire for staff to ultimately return to the office. “There’s no replacement for face-to-face collaboration, but we have also learned a great deal about how we can get our work done outside of the office without sacrificing productivity or results.”

The New York-based bank, which has about 200,000 employees worldwide, wants to see how productivity changes over longer stretches of time and whether creativity suffers before deciding how much working from home to allow.

More than half of employees report feeling lonely while working from home, which impacts productivity, job performance and retention.

With remote work and social distancing continuing into the holiday season, employers are turning to virtual solutions to build engagement with their employees.