Category: Work From Home

This is a past event. Works of art that reflect life during the pandemic are featured in an exhibition, “Work from Home,” at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Solar House. This in-person public reception is free and open to the public.  Created by faculty and staff from the College of Arts and Sciences’

Author: Curt Wagner        The pandemic has changed the way Americans work, with 71 percent of employees who can work from home, doing it. And a little over half want to continue remote working at least part of the time, the U.S. Census Bureau reports. Working from home appears to be one pandemic change that isn’t going away, but according to a recent WalletHub report, some states are better for remote workers than others. More than a third of all employed people whose jobs could be done from home actually are working remotely all or most of the time — compared to just 20 percent pre-pandemic, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. With that many people working from home, WalletHub wanted to find out what states have the best conditions to enable them. The WalletHub report compared all 50 states and Washington, D.C., based on 12 metrics within two categories —…

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COVID-19 is has given severe shocks to the business working environment worldwide. The widespread outbreak of the disease has turned out to be something we had never imagined. Its brutal consequences have transformed the world around us. Whether the newly produced vaccines are effective or not, a “new normal” seems to have emerged, and it will persist. In this new normal, people have minimal face-to-face interactions. Along the way, business conduct through digital platforms is becoming more and more prevalent and appears to becoming a standard practice. A wide range of digital platforms and channels is emerging. These modern-world technological innovations have made working from home—or anywhere—an acceptable practice in the corporate environment. We know that remote working was a common practice in specific industries such as software development. However, this 180-degree paradigm shift due to Coronavirus spread has made remote working a business necessity across other sectors, as well.…

What are the secrets to maintaining a productive home office? Run a white-noise machine to mask household clatter, make sure your noisy neighbors know your work schedule, and resist the temptation to check work-related technology after logging off at the end of the workday. These are some of the tips that Timothy D. Golden, a professor in the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has gleaned through more than two decades of research. More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of remote workers are still struggling to find an efficient work-life balance. In an article recently published in Organizational Dynamics, Golden offered these workers and their managers research-based solutions and best practices for addressing and managing common issues that impede success while working from home. “A key challenge most people face when they work from home is how to effectively navigate the boundaries between their work…

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