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Examining The Global Impact Of The Gig Economy Explosion

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Using online website traffic data, surveys across 17 countries and other methods, the World Bank found that developed countries hold the majority of the world’s large percentage of gig workers. In comparison, North America’s postings only grew by 14%.

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Google’s Myth Of Losing Social Capital In Hybrid Work

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A survey of over 1,000 Google employees showed that two-thirds feel unhappy with being forced to be in the office three days a week, with many threatening to leave, and some already quitting to go to other companies with more flexible options. That policy goes against the desires of many rank-and-file Google employees.

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This Benefits Strategy Could Be The Key To Retaining Employees In All Generations

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This is especially true when considering employment benefits. The Forbes Advisor’s 2024 survey on workplace benefit trends offers a detailed look into how different generations value various aspects of their employment benefits. For comparison, Gen X holds the highest levels of job satisfaction at 6.6

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Fifth of firms failing to meet flexible working demands of staff

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Employees are being denied opportunities to interact and collaborate with each other, with four-in-ten (40 percent) considering leaving their current job due to a lack of access to the right digital collaboration tools for flexible working.

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Most US firms are yet to match their culture to the demands of flexible working

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A survey of 900 leaders in HR, real estate, IT, and product roles at US based firms suggests that most employers have not adapted their working culture and practices to support the shift to flexible working. Instead, organisations need to redesign meeting protocols, tech stacks, and collaboration approaches.

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The Impact Of Design On The Return To The Office

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Recently commissioned European research combined the results of an in-depth survey of 3,000 office workers, 2,750 employers in leadership roles at organisations with 50+ employees, and interviews with global senior leaders in Real Estate, HR and Operations. But why, and how can the physical workspace itself help address this issue?

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Is a Widespread Return to Working in the Office on the Horizon?

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He says, “They are asking us to do the transformative work that I believe can only be done effectively when we are physically together—the kind of thinking, daring collaboration, courageous conversations that cannot be done on Teams calls, or in just prescheduled meetings or just as transactions. On March 22, 2023, the U.S.

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