January 13, 2024

Workers update

Supreme Court to hear dispute over Starbucks firing pro-union workers

Axios - Remote workers are 31% less likely to get promoted than in-person counterparts, The Wall Street Journal reports from an analysis of 2 million workers conducted by Live Data Technologies.  Remote workers also get less mentorship, research shows.... CEOs haven't been shy about their preference for in-person work. Nearly 90% of chief executives surveyed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics said they were more likely to award raises or promotions to those who came into the office, The Journal notes. Remote work can be extra-costly for young women building careers, Emma Harrington, an assistant economics professor at U.Va., told The Journal. She recently co-wrote a paper that found software engineers at a Fortune 500 company who worked in the same building as their teammates received 22% more feedback on their code.Go deeper: "What Young Workers Miss Without the 'Power of Proximity'"

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