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& @ M | Oracle Applicstions Home P X | Oracle Applications 11i x | wpconnect login - Search x | [i WPUNIWPRConnect Portal x | M U7l Launch X | BA Class Spring 2024 51 - MGTTC x [l Managi G & tps://prod.reader-ui.prod.mheducation.com,/epub/sn_25dda/data-uuid-9cffed c8 be239e6f2e (3 Newtab Mahwsh-Home B3 WindchillonePLM -.. | Login - Quarantine.. (O Strykerlogin {y Home-Workday 3 StrykerWatermark g8 Index-IT OnePortal [8] Virgin Pulse - Home [3) Oracle Applications... [ Employes Topic - m... { 18207326 L m Some Companies Want Employees (Back) at the Office Pre-pandemic, roughly one in five U.S. workers performed some work from home or some other remote location, and this remote work group averaged about three hours of remote work per day. There are a variety of reasons why some companies allow (some) employees to work remotely. In the case of IBM, it reported at one point that about 40% of its employees worked remotely, allowing it to reduce its office space by almost 80 million square feet. saving it about $100 million per year. Giving employees the flexibility to balance work, family, and other nonwork issues, as well as the improvements in technology (and its falling cost), contributed to companies adopting remote work policies. Some employees (and perhaps their supervisors) also felt that they would be more productive if given this flexibility. Other well-known companies that were prominent adopters of remote work included Aetna, Bank of America, Best Buy, Honeywell, IBM, and Yahoo! 'What do these companies and IBM have in common? The answer is that before the pandemic all either ended or curtailed programs that allowed employees to work remotely, rather than at the company office. IBM, for example, gave remote working employees the choice of returning to work at the office or applying for a new position. Presumably, some would not wish to choose either option and would look for another job and/or retire. Why did these companies change their view on remote work? The commonly stated reasons are that more work is done by teams and that face-to-face interaction between team members is thought to be more effective in identifying business problems to solve and business opportunities to exploit, developing creative solutions/strategies to do so, and executing them well. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, raised the question of remote work going forward to an entirely new level. QUESTIONS . Do these companies that scaled back or ended remote work have anything in common? For example, are these companies with strong revenue, profit, and market value growth? Are they in similar or different industries/businesses? To the degree they have something in common, are these companies likely representative of what other companies are doing, or will do in terms of how much they permit remote working? Explain. 2. Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of remote work. Are there particular types of companies where remote work is more/less likely to be effective? Explain. 3. How do you think employees will react to changes (such as those at IBM) in remote work policies? What will be the short-run and long-run consequences? Explain. 4. Review how the COVID-19 pandemic changed the importance of remote work and provide one example of a company that will use remote work more after the pandemic and one example of a company that will return to its pre-pandemic remote work policy. Briefly explain why they are taking different approaches. SOURCES: Rani Mollz, \"10 Ways Office Work Will Never Be the Same. FOX.com, March 23, 2021; Denise Pirrorti Hummel,\" What Does Remote Work Lock Like Going Forward? Zvzdin cons, Mareh 13. 2021 1. Simons. \"The Boss Waats You Back in the Office.\" The il Street Journal. July 25. 2017. ttos: /wevw.swsi.com/exticles/the-boss wents voubackin the-office- 1500975001 *tesla=v? [} \"lrwindgg @ B B B P B 2 g0 e 2 @ x