Billions destroyed:How it all fell apart at WeWork

Billions destroyed:How it all fell apart at WeWork

Its charismatic founder helped turn WeWork into a giant that was once valued at $US47 billion. This week,it filed for bankruptcy.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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Remote employees don’t ‘work as hard’,says private equity billionaire

Remote employees don’t ‘work as hard’,says private equity billionaire

The boss of private equity group Blackstone claims that workers are refusing to return to their office desks partly because they enjoy a lighter workload at home.

  • byAdam Mawardi andJames Warrington
Bosses mean it this time:Return to the office or get a new job

Bosses mean it this time:Return to the office or get a new job

After more than two years of trying to coax workers back into offices,bosses are losing their patience.

  • byTaylor Telford
Working from home will be history in three years’ time,CEOs predict

Working from home will be history in three years’ time,CEOs predict

A KPMG survey of more than 1300 chief executives shows the majority expect workers to end up in the office full-time as business conditions normalise.

  • byMillie Muroi
Collaborate,or compete? The hidden agenda of returning to the office
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The lowdown

Collaborate,or compete? The hidden agenda of returning to the office

While bosses say the return to the office is all about working together,in some cases it may well be about engendering rivalry and competition.

  • byAndrew Wait andVladimir Smirnov
More than one in three office desks sit empty all week long

More than one in three office desks sit empty all week long

Remote work is forcing companies to rethink their workplaces,after years of cramming as many employees as they could into open-plan cubicle farms.

  • byMatthew Boyle
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Back in the office? Fine. But not from 9 to 5

Back in the office? Fine. But not from 9 to 5

While many employers are now asking people to come in a certain number of days a week,hardly any are tracking exactly how long they stay.

  • byAbha Bhattarai
You’ve forgotten how to use an elevator. Lift your game
Opinion
Workplace

You’ve forgotten how to use an elevator. Lift your game

At least twice a day (because what goes up must come down),I suppress the urge to preach to my captive audience the basic rules of a peaceful and efficient vertical journey.

  • byBrad Emery
Zoom made it easy for us to work from home. Now it’s making its staff return to the office

Zoom made it easy for us to work from home. Now it’s making its staff return to the office

During the early months of the pandemic,a certain company went suddenly from relative obscurity to the type of popularity that made it a noun,verb and catchphrase.

  • byEmma Goldberg
Could working from home cause the next financial crisis?

Could working from home cause the next financial crisis?

The lingering pandemic hangover of working from home has started to put serious pressure on commercial real estate values.

  • byWilliam Bennett
Big offices shrinking as companies downsize real estate footprint

Big offices shrinking as companies downsize real estate footprint

A slew of heavyweight companies have joined the banking sector in handing back unwanted office space as they grapple with staff demanding to work from home.

  • byCarolyn Cummins