Subj : Many remote workers are unhappy with their company culture
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri May 26 2023 10:15:03

Many remote workers are unhappy with their company culture

Date:
Fri, 26 May 2023 08:57:26 +0000

Description:
Workers are complaining about poor work-life balance, monitoring software, 
and dodgy connectivity.

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Telecoms company Zen Internet has released new figures about the state of 
remote work across the UK, and its not looking good for many companies or 
their employees. 

The research found one in five remote workers are unhappy about their 
workplace culture despite their company having had several years to adapt to 
a new hybrid working setup following the knock-on effects of the pandemic. 

The research comes from 1,000 remote workers and 500 business decision-makers 
who, together, uncovered the errors being made by organizations that are 
stopping them from being attractive places to work for home workers. 
Companies just arent understanding remote work 

While companies promise to be investing in the right tools and technologies 
to make hybrid working feasible, only 21% of the respondents agreed, 
highlighting a huge need for action in an effort to retain (let alone 
attract) talent. Read more 

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After all, hybrid working has been proven in many cases to deliver the same 
(or better) results as old-school office-based working, while presenting 
workers with the opportunity to be more flexible with their time. Even so, 
just one-third (33%) see their work-life balance as having improved. 

Almost half (45%) of the workers in question believe that their employers 
trust them the same as they would do in the office, with a whopping 
three-quarters (74%) having already installed or are exploring the 
installation of remote monitoring software, which Zen Internet reckons is on 
course for fuelling a disconnect between homeworkers and employers. 

Zen Managing Director, Martin ODonnell, said: With technology underpinning 
the culture and productivity of homeworkers, significant investment must be 
prioritized to ensure equal levels of performance and morale to what 
employees might get in the office, calling out inadequate VPNs and firewalls, 
poor connectivity, and questionable communications. Stay in touch with our 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/many-remote-workers-are-unhappy-with-their-comp
any-culture


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