Wfh News
Indian techie says WFH denied after father's death, viral post sparks outrage
After losing his father, an Indian IT worker faced workplace indifference when requesting extended remote work to support his grieving mother. His viral Reddit post has drawn attention to the emotional challenges and inflexible corporate policies.
2 min read17 Jul 2025Coffee badgers in corporate offices: Can they really expect to survive?
The archetypal coffee badger comes to office just to mark attendance and leaves quickly to work remotely. As businesses get strict about returning to work, coffee badgers may be closer to being pushed out than they realize.
4 min read20 Feb 2025Will 2025 be the watershed year for return-to-office mandates? That depends.
Years after the Covid-19 pandemic normalized remote work, recent developments have executives wondering which companies will pull staff back to the office next—and who will benefit.
4 min read26 Dec 2024Starbucks tells workers to return to the office or risk getting fired
The coffee-chain has expected office employees to come in three days a week. Now it is tightening enforcement.
1 min read30 Oct 2024India Inc enlists law firms to help with return to office, shrinking space for WFH, shirkers
Companies hire law firms to draft watertight contracts to avoid ambiguity, bring in clauses on place of work, number of hours. Some companies are also easing the leave policy to soften the blow by including breaks to take care of pets and prepare for weddings.
3 min read10 Sep 2024The ‘coordination tax’ at work is wearing us down
Mismatched schedules, wasted commutes and too many ways to communicate. Getting in sync with co-workers isn’t getting any easier.
4 min read17 Jun 2024Every location has got worse for getting actual work done
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4 min read15 May 2024Office mandates may be going against gender equity at home
Many homes established new routines during the work-from-home (WFH) era that allowed them to divvy up household chores—grocery shopping, laundry, repair work—more equitably than in the past.
3 min read31 Aug 2023Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared