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Zoom Wants Employees Back In The Office

Tuesday, 8 August 2023 10:26

They want people in two days a week to mix with their colleagues.

Zoom wants people back in the office.

The company that championed working from home has ordered employees back for two days a week so that they can "interact with their teams"

Google, Amazon and Lyft want people back for 3 days a week while Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan have ended work from home all together.

Google's luring employees back by advertising deals for its on site hotel in Mountain View in California.

Meanwhile, new research in Ireland show more of us are working from home than ever before.

The Eurostat figures shows there was an 18% jump in the trend here from 2019 to 2022.

Ireland has seen the biggest growth in the EU towards remote working.

Marketing Manager with AllPro Recruitment in Tullamore, Jasmine Elkhershi, says it's become a trend in the tech industry:

Our Business Editor Joe Lynam has been looking at the trend:

Mary Connaughton from CIPD Ireland, the professional body for HR, says it's a factor when people are changing jobs: 

She also says some companies are closing their offices a couple of days a week. 

Experts believe Irish people will continue to champion working from home, having caught up with our European counterparts.

 

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