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Are there enough hours in the day for hybrid work?
15 Mar, 2021 08:14 PM
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Flexible working means that the way we keep track of time worked will have to change. Photo / Getty Images
Flexible working means that the way we keep track of time worked will have to change. Photo / Getty Images
Financial Times
By: Andrew Hill It s a year since I packed up my laptop and left my desk in London, with its stunning view of St Paul s Cathedral. I have been back once. Barely a day has passed when I have not read, or written about, the future of offices.
Sick Days Don t Look So Good Now That You Can Work From Home Sick Days Don t Look So Good Now That You Can Work From Home The US Bureau of Labor Statistics says 1 in 4 companies adopted more generous sick leave policies last spring as the coronavirus spread.
Remote work means people are less exposed to the germs that cause colds. (Representational)
A few months back, it seemed as if the coronavirus pandemic would kill off presenteeism you know, showing up at work with a sniffle or cough to prove your value or ensure you get your paycheck. Companies that didn t offer paid sick leave were sure to wise up, realizing it was madness to create incentives for workers to spread germs on the job, and Type A workaholics would see that putting the entire office at risk of infection is more selfish than selfless. As it turns out, presenteeism just got a new address: the kitchen table. You re expected to be always accessible, because where else could you be? says Harvard Business Scho
leslie perlow is the author. here s the book, sleeping with your smart phone. you could sleep with the book instead of the phone. i don t even have jonathan s attention. oh, yes. if the situation made a mission to mars would you tune in? also, get a free flight. you know that comes with a private island? really? no. it comes with a hat.
and come up with a client management strategy so that something somewhere is always on for the client even if everybody is not always on. now you re playing football. yes. because it is not the client who usually calls. it is all of the interaccess. you have anxiety about the client on the box but now you re on the box and you are on twit perp client is out playing golf or god knows, they don t even care about you. jonathan, what do you think? leslie, in terms of rob s question about the harm, it made me wonder, what about the harm to interpersonal relationshipses. our phones while we re sleeving or at meetings with everybody. what is being connected all the time doing to 0ur ability to interact face it face with another human being. you see people on dates with each other. that reprehensible. they are across the table from each other. you re like, are those people on a date? that crazy.