Facebook pivots to permanent remote work | If your employer allowed you to request to work from home (full time or part time), would you? | Will you be able to continue working from home once your workplace reopens?
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week announced changes to the company's on-site work policy, saying it is "unlocking remote hiring" and that existing employees will be able to request to work from home permanently. In this interview, Zuckerberg outlines his reasoning, and what he hopes to gain both in recruitment and retention.
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Workforce Reader Poll
POLL QUESTION:
If your employer allowed you to request to work from home (full time or part time), would you?
Will you be able to continue working from home once your workplace reopens?
Yes, we can continue working remotely full time, if we choose
34.86%
Yes, but with limits
32.37%
No. The nature of my work requires me to be on site
14.52%
No. My employer feels people work better when they're in an office
18.25%
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Talent development should coincide with the business strategy, organizational design and the most critical jobs, writes RJ Heckman, vice chairman of Korn Ferry. "With talent pools segmented based on the business impact they deliver, CHROs should work with business-line leaders to decide exactly what results are expected and which specific competencies, experiences, traits, and drivers are required for success in pivotal roles," Heckman writes.
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A Fidelity Investments study found 27% of plan sponsors said their biggest concern was preparing employees financially for retirement, and that over the past two years 74% had made changes to their investment menu and 82% had changed to their plan design. Most common investment changes were adding options, replacing underperforming funds and adding a target-date fund, while common design changes included adding a matching contribution, increasing match amounts and changing the matching formula.
Employees are no longer easily stratified by age and workplace needs, and so employers must begin to think about all workers in terms of providing them with "meaning, purpose, good leaders" and advancement opportunities, says career expert Lindsay Pollak, who was interviewed for this Deloitte analysis. "What changes is how each generation expresses these needs and what expectations we have about our employers' fulfillment of them," she says.
Kendall Baker rounds up 50 sports documentaries that aren't the Michael Jordan-focused "The Last Dance." Each listing includes a brief description and a link to the trailer, starting with 2019's "At the Heart of Gold," about the system that enabled gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse, and ending with 1994's "Hoop Dreams."
