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Execs are happy to let AI make decisions for them, and it’s got IT workers worried
The C-suite has enormous faith in AI, according to research from TeamViewer, with more than six-in-ten executives saying they’d even trust it to make decisions without human oversight. The study also found that 70% trust AI to forecast future business scenarios. However, IT decision makers were rather more cautious than the C-suite, with just half saying they’d trust AI to…
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy claims controversial RTO mandate is not a “backdoor layoff” strategy – but it’s a tactic that some execs admit to
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has pushed back on claims that the company’s controversial return to office (RTO) mandate was a thinly veiled attempt to encourage layoffs. Speaking at an all-hands meeting on 5 November, Jassy denied accusations that his recently announced RTO strategy was a “backdoor layoff”, insisting the move was motivated by improving the organization’s culture. “A number of…
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Why ‘space as a service’ is helping businesses meet worker demands – even as tech execs push ‘return to office’
Businesses have made seismic shifts in how they organize their workforces throughout the 2020s so far. A hybrid approach that enables flexible working has also allowed firms to foster higher levels of well-being and mental health support for their workers and technology, of course, has been essential for enabling these new ways of working. Where and how work is now…
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Business execs just said the quiet part out loud on RTO mandates: A quarter admit forcing staff back into the office was meant to make them quit — but this ‘quiet firing’ practice could easily backfire
Companies give a lot of reasons for employees to come back to the office — innovation, communication, productivity — but as many as a quarter are also quietly hoping that staff quit. That’s according to research from BambooHR, which surveyed companies on the return to office (RTO) trend, finding that 18% of HR professionals and 25% of VP and c-suite…
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BCG execs: AI across the company increased productivity, ‘employee joy’
With more than 100 offices and 32,000 employees, Boston Consulting Group leaders knew their decision to roll out several artificial intelligence (AI) platforms over the past two years meant not only deploying the technologies but training the firm’s workforce to use them. While some organizations have chosen to train up a portion of their employees who might most benefit from…
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Tech execs pushed for a return to the office – now they’re backtracking amid a workforce revolt, with only 3% of firms asking staff to return full-time
Return to office (RTO) mandates have become a recurring flashpoint between businesses and staff, but only a small number of firms are still asking employees to return to the office full-time, according to analysis from Flex Index. Where 8% of organizations were enforcing strict return to office (RTO) mandates that demanded full in-person attendance last year, just 3% are enforcing…
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