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The challenge for the workplace in 2025: transformation when everybody is already tired of change
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Slow progress on sustainable buildings, RICS report claims
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Third of people hide their use of workplace AI from employers
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Office attendance and desk use are on the rise as firms make most of real estate
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Life science interiors: here’s how to create a petri dish for scientific breakthroughs
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The bill for upgrading office buildings worldwide could hit £1 trillion
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The new digital issue of Works magazine would look just dandy on your screen
March 11, 2013
Flexible working: Falling out of fashion
by Pam Loch • Comment, Legal news, Workplace
Just as ACAS concludes its consultation on flexible working, the practice has been declared démodé by none other than Alexandra Shulman, the editor of British Vogue. Writing in response to the recent news that Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer ordered the company’s 11,500 staff back to the office, the Vogue editor has argued that working from home is not an adequate alternative to showing your face in the workplace. Ms Mayer goes on to note that in a creative environment, important opportunities are missed when absent colleagues are tottering, undressed around their kitchens. The best stories, she says, arise from chance remarks, gossip and jokes between colleagues working alongside each other. More →