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Thursday

Biden wants federal workforce to come to the office more. Some ask why?

The federal government, the nation's largest employer, is urging a return to office for federal employees this fall. A government report found that in the first three months of 2023, building occupancy at 17 federal agency was 25% or less. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Biden wants federal workforce to come to the office more. Some ask why?

As employers including the federal government cut back on remote work, employees who never had any intention of working from an office push back and threaten to retire or resign.

Biden wants federal workforce to come to the office more. Some ask why?

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Friday

Remote work is harder to come by as companies push for return to office

Roxana Garcia Espejo of Sugar Land, Texas, says her mostly remote job with Microsoft completely changed her work-life balance. In April, she lost that job as part of mass layoffs but still connects with other enthusiasts in the Microsoft Speakers Hub, an online forum. Rose Falcon hide caption

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Remote work is harder to come by as companies push for return to office

Three and a half years after the start of the pandemic, employers are getting serious about increasing the amount of time workers spend in the office and trying new strategies to overcome resistance.

Remote work is harder to come by as companies push for return to office

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Wednesday

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Goldman Sachs CEO sees recession risk as more likely than his own economists do

David Solomon, the chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Goldman Sachs CEO sees recession risk as more likely than his own economists do

Landing a job at Goldman Sachs is a golden ticket. It's harder to get hired by Goldman than to get into Harvard. CEO David Solomon says 3,500 workers start this week. He wants them all in the office.

Goldman Sachs CEO sees recession risk as more likely than his own economists do

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Thursday

The pandemic has changed workplace fashion. What does that mean for you?

As the work-from-home crowd returns to the office, they're left wondering what to wear. Malte Mueller/Getty Images hide caption

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The pandemic has changed workplace fashion. What does that mean for you?

Many people traded in slacks for sweatpants during the worst of the pandemic and are now figuring out what to wear back to the office. Here's what that looks like, from Wall Street to Capitol Hill.

The pandemic has changed workplace fashion. What does that mean for you?

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Sunday

The idea of working in the office, all day, every day? No thanks, say workers

Jonathan Pruiett, a geospatial analyst with Cognizant, is part of a team that updates Google maps. They pushed back against a policy that would have required them to be in the office full-time and won a 90-day reprieve. Jonathan Pruiett hide caption

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The idea of working in the office, all day, every day? No thanks, say workers

Working from home isn't possible in many jobs, but in companies where it is, the return to office has become a point of tension between workers and their bosses.

The idea of working in the office, all day, every day? No thanks, say workers

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