They say the workplace as we used to know it, quite frankly, is dead. But will employees want to flock back to buildings even when it’s safe again? Should companies do away with Zoom and return the workplace to its pre-COVID ways?Īt least that’s not the future of work envisioned by several members of the Harvard Business School faculty-all of whom had to pivot last March to teaching and researching at a distance from the Boston campus.

Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. The San Francisco-based company had said in October that remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be a primary experience for its employees and its physical spaces will no longer be for daily individual work.A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home-often with a laptop and a prayer. Chief operating officer Olivia Nottebohm will step down on Feb.

“Our Virtual First policy means we require fewer resources to support our in-office environment, so we’re scaling back that investment and redeploying those resources to drive our ambitious product roadmap,” chief executive officer Drew Houston said in a letter to employees Wednesday. 5.ĭropbox did not provide details of a replacement for the COO. Shares fell nearly 6 percent to $22.26 after Dropbox said chief operating officer Olivia Nottebohm, who joined last year from Alphabet Inc.’s Google, will step down on Feb. The veteran fighting revenge porn on behalf of female Marinesĭropbox on Wednesday announced the exit of its operations chief and said it will cut 11 percent of its global workforce, or 315 people, as the file hosting service provider shifts business resources in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Insiders at Meta, Google say disappearing perks are killing the dreamĮlliott Management owns big Dropbox stake, holds discussionsĭropbox shares surge as much as 50 percent on first day

Dropbox to cut global workforce