Think you can skip a holiday party with your distributed team? Think again. Remote workers reportedly admit that they feel less connected to their colleagues. That’s why festive get-togethers — which offer people a chance to forge deeper bonds and build camaraderie — are even more important. Your holiday celebration doesn’t need to suffer just because you’re apart.
The unfortunate legacy of employee monitoring has less to do with employee monitoring per se and more to do with management philosophies rooted in compliance and hierarchy. Early employee monitoring methods evolved from top-down, compliance-first management styles. As a result, the approaches relied on methods that weren’t exactly employee-friendly: Collaboration isn’t built in. Employees aren’t given agency. Well-being takes a backseat to hours worked.
Slack’s Workforce Index uncovers new findings on how to structure the workday to maximise employee productivity, well-being and satisfaction.