Connections More than 50% of US SMBs are concerned about the cybersecurity of employee s home networks, said Elizabeth Parks, President, Parks Associates. Remote work, accelerated by COVID-19, is now a critical part of the connected home ecosystem, and with that comes multiple stakeholders, including SMBs that make up the vast majority of all business, and increased demand for services that will improve speeds, guarantee performance, and secure two-way communications between remote employees and their employers. Supporting Remote Workers with a Smarter Home features a Visionary Insight with Nicole Zheng, Founder & CMO, Minim, and an Executive Spotlight exploring remote work demands featuring David Henry, SVP, Connected Home Products, NETGEAR.
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In the latest infusion of big money into the mayor’s race, an executive at an organization that lobbies on behalf of charter schools
is launching a fundraising effort to boost the mayoral candidacy of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.
Jenny Sedlis, executive director of StudentsFirstNY, is taking a leave of absence to run the new PAC, dubbed Strong Leadership NYC, our Sally Goldenberg reports. The group plans to run digital and TV ads supporting Adams’ candidacy without being beholden to the strict spending limits imposed by the city’s Campaign Finance Board. This comes after Adams
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Employees Are More Likely To Pretend Theyâre Working When Employers Track Their Productivity: Hereâs Why
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A recent study shows workers are nearly two times more likely to pretend to be working when their employers invest in tracking systems to monitor their workdays.
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Big Brother-like attempts by employers to track the productivity of remote workers seems to be backfiring.
A new study released by research firm Gartner shows that employees are nearly two times more likely to pretend to be working when their employers use tracking systems to monitor their output. Gartner surveyed more than 2,400 professionals in January 2021.
Seth, right, and Nicole Kroll work on their computers while their son Louis, 5, entertains himself at their home in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, MA on April 14, 2020. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
It’s long been presumed that people will move to places where there are jobs. But is that changing? In a post-pandemic world, will we see a shift to jobs moving to where people are?
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On the future of work post-COVID
Rana Foroohar: “We are now seeing a real sea change post-COVID. And I think that opportunity is going to be following the flow of people. As you know, I wrote a column for the F.T. last week on the idea that we re seeing a new kind of place-based economics. There used to be this sort of conventional wisdom in economic circles that, Hey, just create jobs at a national level or even an international level and the playing field will jus