Zoom, the videoconferencing company whose fortunes soared with the pandemic-driven shift to working from home, has reportedly told its staff to get back to the office – for at least two days a week, if the commute is no more than 80 kilometres. It’s part of a trend of employers winding back the work-from-home flexibility… Read more »
Twitter pugilist Elon Musk has a new war to fight on the micro-blogging site he’s buying. After ordering his executives back into the office for a “minimum” of 40 hours a week via email, Musk followed up with an all staff email saying “If you don’t show up, we’ll assume you’ve resigned”. Taking a dig… Read more »
Hours after you log off for the day your phone dings. Maybe it’s an email or a message in Slack or Teams. Sure you’ve already clocked off, but what’s the harm in just taking a peak? You check the message: it’s from your boss and it looks serious. Even though you were never required to… Read more »
Last year, as everyone dealt with working from home, we launched a new series looking at the joy people find in the WFH experience. And just as it looked like everyone was heading back into the office, Victoria has put plans to ramp up to 75% office capacity because of a hotel quarantine infection on… Read more »
Every Friday, our new weekly column talks to CEOs, founders and tech leaders about the benefits they’ve discovered from WFH in 2020. This week it’s Rimal Gokani, co-CEO of Melbourne fintech Assembly Payments. Here are the six things that spark joy about Rimal’s home office life – and tune into the Startup Daily show on… Read more »
Every Friday, our new weekly column talks to CEOs, founders and tech leaders about the benefits they’ve discovered from WFH in 2020. This week it’s Brisbane fintech developer Brodie Haupt, CEO and co-founder of WLTH and Properlytics, a proptech platform for property owners to keep track of the value of their investments. It’s no surprise that… Read more »
In the new world of remote working, building team culture at a distance is difficult. Enter Remote Social – an online platform that provides games, activities and tools, such as trivia and bingo, that strengthen culture, wellbeing and connection within remote and hybrid teams. Co-founder and CEO Jessica Baird Walsh says Remote Social aims to… Read more »
Every Friday, our new weekly column talks to CEOs, founders and tech leaders about the benefits they’ve discovered from WFH in 2020. This week it’s Joel Thomson. co-founder of presentation platform LivePreso (recently rebranded from SalesPreso). Thomson says he’s been working in tech (in one form or another) for almost 20 years. “That’s 20 years… Read more »
Every Friday, our new weekly column talks to CEOs, founders and tech leaders about the benefits they’ve discovered from WFH in 2020. This week it’s Mario Hasanakos. co-founder of fintech Spriggy, the pocket money app and card that gives kids financial wisdom and independence, alongside parental oversight. “Covid-19 has put an enormous strain on so… Read more »
Welcome to our new weekly column, where we talk to CEOs, founders and tech leaders about the benefits they’ve discovered from WFH in 2020. We kick off the series with former Xero boss and investor Chris Ridd, who chairs healthtech startup MedAdvisor, and likes to jump on his rowing machine between meetings when he’s not… Read more »
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many of us to work from home, often in less than ideal circumstances. Many employees had little choice in the decision, limited time to prepare, patchy technology skills, and inadequate home workspaces. Some managers neglected remote workers, while others zealously monitored them. And yet some people thrived. Having tried it,… Read more »
Software that supports the world’s best athletes is undergoing a makeover to support staff working from home. First created to help elite athletes manage their training, the software is now finding its way into home offices as its South Australian creator launches a new platform for corporations dealing with COVID-19 distancing. Lumin Wellbeing is a… Read more »
Dads who disappear into the office early and get home late have discovered a whole new world of parenting in recent weeks as they moved into work from home mode. From kids around full-time, at first schooled online at home, followed by the school holidays amid the stay-at-home orders, many kids have seen their… Read more »
Working from home was once an office perk. Now, after a month of everyone being forced to do it in a bid to flatten the curve on coronavirus, plenty of people are realising how much they miss the routine of getting up and heading to work. And while Australia has tracking better… Read more »
With #StayAtHome and social distancing now becoming a way of life, an increasing number of people are relying on the internet for work, education and entertainment. This has placed greater demand on our network infrastructure, reducing the bandwidth available for each user, and is leaving people frustrated at seemingly slow internet speeds. While internet service… Read more »
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