Remote or in the office, work is still not really working

Remote or in the office, work is still not really working
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Peter Griffin
Public Service Minister Nicola Willis could easily be taking her lead from the titans of American industry in ordering public servants back into the office.Everyone from JP Morgan to Starbucks is clamping down on flexible working. The irony is that the tech sector is leading the charge with a flurry of return-to-office mandates. Zoom is the company that came to epitomise remote work, hosting millions of lockdown video calls. But last year, it ordered its staff to return to the office at least twice a week. Elon Musk wants his staff at...

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