IBM expects 80% of its employees to work in hybrid remote roles post-pandemic, Bloomberg reported.
CEO Arvind Krishna also said IBM will likely scale back its office space significantly.
Some tech companies take a flexible approach to work; Amazon and others want workers in the office.
IBM is joining the growing list of tech companies planning to take a flexible approach to remote work even after the pandemic, though it does have concerns about how the strategy could impact its company culture.
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna told Bloomberg s Emily Chang on Wednesday 80% of the company s employees may stay in hybrid roles indefinitely, spending at least three days a week, maybe not all eight to 10 hours, but at least some fraction of those three days, in the office.
IBM expects 80% of its employees to work in hybrid remote roles post-pandemic, Bloomberg reported. CEO Arvind Krishna also said IBM will likely scale back
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Digital technology has become increasingly important in the lives of all Americans, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic, which has made many of us even more reliant on computing devices to execute our daily responsibilities.
Yet, many social, political and ethical concerns have emerged as the application of technology has grown in daily life.
For example, in 2020, the first known wrongful arrest through misidentification via facial recognition software occurred when police mistakenly accused a Black man of committing a crime. To address concerns about this kind of excessive citizen surveillance, city governments in some locales have restricted the use of facial recognition software, and a bill has been proposed to ban federal law enforcement agencies from using it. Meanwhile, in the political arena, evidence has emerged that data analytics were applied to deter Black voters from voting in the 2016 election and that similar technology has been applied to affect other count