Remote workers 50% less likely to be considered for promotion

Remote workers could be 50% less likely to be considered for promotion as proximity bias becomes a threat to gender transformation in the workplace. Hybrid work trends show that women, who typically carry additional weight on the home front, opt for more time working from home compared to men, who are more likely to return to the office fulltime. Advaita Naidoo, Africa MD at Jack Hammer Global, an executive search firm, says as companies and workforces continue to grapple with the issue of return-to-work, fully work-from-home and hybrid work arrangements, we must be careful not to let this contemporary workplace...