Dropbox CEO on return-to-office mandates: ’employees have choices’
While many tech companies demand employees come back in the office, Dropbox CEO Drew Houston continues to believe in flexible or distributed work. According to him, employees are not "resources to control."
In an interview with Fortune, the CEO indicated that he disagrees with tech industry coll... Read more
Remote work policies divide tech industry: Amazon takes a firm stance
The debate around working from home has been going on since the waning days of the pandemic. At Amazon, CEO Andy Jassy wants to leave no doubt about it: he wants employees to be in the office at least three days a week. In doing so, in a leaked internal meeting he refused to provide data to support... Read more
Zoom CEO: Zoom doesn’t allow colleagues to have good debates
At the height of the pandemic, Zoom became a platform of global prominence. Everyone went "Zooming" when office life was temporarily impossible. By now, working from home is ingrained in many a company. However, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan thinks it's better to come into the office more often anyway. Becaus... Read more
“Offices will die out without accurate data”
Soon after the Covid-19 pandemic struck, employees around the globe got used to the fact that work could be done from home. However, many companies opted to quickly reverse this policy. In 2023, many business leaders nevertheless regret the decision to encourage or impose office attendance again, a... Read more
IBM CEO: “remote work can hurt your career”
This week, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna sent the company's 260,000 employees a message: remote work can hurt your career. Big Blue's chief executive warns employees that working from home can hurt their chances for advancement.
The exec conveyed his warning during an interview with Bloomberg News. “... Read more
Google plans to invest 8.8 billion euros in offices and data centres
Google wants to invest 9.5 billion dollars (8.8 billion euros) in US offices and data centres over the next two years. The organization seems determined to return to the office.
Since the beginning of April, some Google employees have returned to the office three days a week. The policy applies... Read more