An Australian compliance training company has been accused of turning the laptops of its workers into listening devices to surveil them while they worked from home. Online compliance training provider Safetrac deployed employee monitoring software earlier this year that recorded the audio and screens of some of its workers, which picked up online team meetings… Read more »
Elon Musk doesn’t like people working from home. A year ago he declared the end of remote work for employees at car maker Tesla. Now he has called the desire of the “laptop classes” to work from home “immoral”. “You’re gonna work from home and you’re gonna make everyone else who made your car come… Read more »
In the new world of remote working, building team culture at a distance is difficult. Enter Remote Social – an online platform that provides games, activities and tools, such as trivia and bingo, that strengthen culture, wellbeing and connection within remote and hybrid teams. Co-founder and CEO Jessica Baird Walsh says Remote Social aims to… Read more »
Dads who disappear into the office early and get home late have discovered a whole new world of parenting in recent weeks as they moved into work from home mode. From kids around full-time, at first schooled online at home, followed by the school holidays amid the stay-at-home orders, many kids have seen their… Read more »
Working from home was once an office perk. Now, after a month of everyone being forced to do it in a bid to flatten the curve on coronavirus, plenty of people are realising how much they miss the routine of getting up and heading to work. And while Australia has tracking better… Read more »
With #StayAtHome and social distancing now becoming a way of life, an increasing number of people are relying on the internet for work, education and entertainment. This has placed greater demand on our network infrastructure, reducing the bandwidth available for each user, and is leaving people frustrated at seemingly slow internet speeds. While internet service… Read more »
We’ve been working from home with kids for about two years now. But in the last three weeks, it seems like all of a sudden everyone has become an expert on working remotely. And yep, Google would confirm there’s been a slight uptick in interest in the topic. As a freelance SaaS PR and… Read more »
Another threat SMEs need to deal with while focusing on the impact coronavirus is cybersecurity, especially as people work from home. Tech and accountancy business MYOB says cybersecurity is a key risk smaller businesses often don’t pay attention to. MYOB Head of Product, SME, Dale Dixon says companies and their staff need clear guidelines on… Read more »
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