Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic sent millions of knowledge workers home, employers are gradually reopening their offices and carefully filling long-empty cubicles and meeting rooms.

But they’re returning to a permanently changed workplace. Straight-up return-to-office (RTO) is out. Hybrid work styles encompassing varying degrees of in-office and remote work are in. The strategy of choice is increasingly just that, choice, and employees are demanding the ability to choose the locations and work arrangements that make the most sense for them.

And as you’ve likely guessed by now, some organizations get the hybrid thing right. Others, not so much. 

Note: This article is the second in an ongoing series on Staff Augmentation. Check out our first article, Staff Augmentation 101 – what you need to know, to learn what you need to know to get started. We’ll share additional details here as new articles in the series are published.

NOTE: This article is the first in a planned series on Staff Augmentation. This first article explores what it is and why it matters. Future articles will cover off how you can leverage it to drive your business forward.

It isn’t just you: tech industry layoffs are trending.

While the ominous headlines seem to have started at Twitter – as Elon Musk eliminated about half of all permanent employees barely a week after taking the helm – the microblogging service is hardly the only Big Tech company sharpening the layoff knife.

The hottest business buzzword of the year is actually two words: quiet quitting. And while most buzzwords are little more than easily ignored hype, this is one we shouldn’t be quiet about.