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As CEOs mandate office returns, mounting evidence suggests fewer upsides

Need fresh ammo to persuade your boss they shouldn’t make office returns mandatory? Two new studies suggest remote work not only lures more diverse and experienced candidates willing to trade higher pay for flexibility—but that office mandates don’t appear to boost financial performance, hurting job satisfaction instead.

  • By Jena McGregor
  • Forbes Staff

Zoom CEO’s leaked rant about Zoom reveals reason for WFH backflip

Thanks to a leaked recording, we now know why the CEO of work-from-home enabler Zoom asked staff to return to the office.

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Forbes Staff

Even Zoom is telling its workers to return to the office

The video conferencing platform that took off during COVID-19 is ironically asking its employees to return to the office.

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Forbes Staff
BRAZIL - 2022/05/30: In this photo illustration, the Atlassian Corporation logo is seen in the background of a silhouetted woman holding a mobile phone. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Three years on, has ‘extreme flexibility’ at Atlassian delivered the goods?

Work futurist Dominic Price looks back on three years of ‘Team Anywhere’ at Atlassian, which has a net worth of $44.49 billion and is lauded as one of the most successful companies in Australian history.

  • By Jessica Mudditt
  • Contributor

Asides

The WFH war is far from over – but the data isn’t on CommBank’s side

As fallout intensifies following CommBank’s ruling that staff must be in the office 50% of the time, new data is emerging that increasingly supports a flexible working model.

  • By Rosie Whittaker
  • Forbes Staff
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