Trial finds most South Africans won't take Fridays off for 4-day work week
South Africa’s first four-day work week trial shows some differences from other countries that have tried the switch — less than one in four employees took Fridays off.
Among the 28 companies that started the six-month...
WeWork close to collapse
For the past four years, WeWork Inc. has been trying to deliver a turnaround story — one in which the rowdy co-working startup transforms into a stable, profitable public company.
It sloughed off Adam Neumann, its rambunctious co-founder and former chief executive...
Points for irony — Zoom wants staff back at the office
Zoom Video Communications Inc., a one-time darling of the work-from-home era, is calling workers back to the office.
Employees who live near a Zoom location must be on-site two days a week, a company spokesperson said.
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Amazon remote workers forced to relocate for return to office
Amazon.com Inc. will require some corporate employees to relocate as part of a mandate requiring workers to be in the office three days a week, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest source of strain between the...
Elon Musk says remote workers are living in la-la land
Elon Musk is calling out people who work from home, saying it’s an affront to those who must show up at the workplace.
Tesla Inc.’s chief executive officer said Tuesday that firing up the laptop from home lowers productivity and also sends...
Amazon pushing more work-from-home for customer service staff
Amazon.com Inc. is encouraging customer service employees at some US call centres to work from home, signaling the company’s preference for remote work in certain roles that would help save money on real estate, according to people...
Back to the office or work-from-home — Mobile operators' remote work policies
South Africa's Covid–19 restrictions ended on 22 June 2022, but mobile network operators MTN and Vodacom have kept their hybrid work policies in effect.
On the other hand, Cell C re-introduced in-office work policies...
MTN's remote working strategy
MTN said its work-from-home arrangements have gone extremely well and that its post-Covid way of work will be a combination of in-office and remote working.
MTN was one of South Africa's leaders in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic and preparing employees to...
South Africa's tech companies not heading back to the office
Interviews with a variety of companies in South Africa have revealed that the ICT industry is unlikely to see a full return to a structured office environment any time soon — if ever.
Regardless of size and service offering, it seems...
More SA employees could be "watched" by their bosses while working from home
South Africans working from home should be wary of the increase in surveillance software being used by companies to keep tabs on their activity, a report from City Press has warned.
With many people working from home...