24 Nov

Posted at 16:54h in Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Expat, Global Mobility, Northern California, Work from Home, Work Life by

The coronavirus has put an unprecedented strain on executives and their staff, according to the latest CEO Benchmarking Report of The Predictive Index. It measures behavioral drives (Dominance, Extraversion, Patience and Formality) as well as cognitive ability. But the study also offers an opportunity and challenge...

17 Nov

Posted at 16:41h in Corporate Culture & Training, Global Mobility, Northern California, return to work, San Francisco, San Jose by

With vaccinations happening all around the country, how does Google and other tech companies see their employees coming back to work?  CEO Sundar Pichai may have it all figured out. Google had plans to bring back employees in July 2021 but Pichai extended work-from-home privileges to...

14 Oct

Posted at 21:18h in Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Northern California, Return to work, San Francisco, San Jose by

Many of the largest tech firms in the San Francisco Bay Area have decided to have their employees work from home indefinitely due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Microsoft implemented a standard where most employees, whose roles don’t require them to be onsite, are working half...

24 Sep

Posted at 21:10h in Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Return to work, Work from Home, Work Life by

Part 1 of 2  From a previous post, California Corporate Housing mentioned how big names in the tech industry publicly announced their plans on keeping a remote workforce for the long haul. Earlier this year, two Gartner, Inc. surveys revealed what other business leaders’ plans of...

14 Sep

Posted at 03:05h in Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Expat, Global Mobility, Work Life by

Global mobility managers face two challenges these days: solving different relocation cases that have risen and evaluating their mobility plans to improve employee experience in their companies. For them, it feels like putting out fire while building a new office at the same time. Following the...

08 Sep

Posted at 02:29h in Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Housing Tips, Northern California, San Jose, Work from Home by

The Covid-19 pandemic has drastically changed the business world, but what hasn’t changed is the importance of talent management. In fact, the pandemic has only amplified talent management’s contribution in countering the effects it has caused, especially with regard to a company’s workforce. What has changed,...