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The TRUTH About Working From Home | The Working Week Show
- 2025/04/18
- 再生時間： 30 分
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Is it really the end of remote working and does working from home really impact productivity?
This episode of The Working Week with entrepreneur Ben Askins brings you Ben’s unfiltered take on the truth behind the Return to Office Mandates coming from all the big businesses in 2025 - and a few laughs along the way. Whether you’re an employee being forced back into the office, you’re a boss considering launching an RTO mandate, or you simply want to strengthen your case to WFH, this one’s for you.
If that sounds like you, hit FOLLOW and we’ll see you in the next episode.
We’d love to hear from you! Get in touch with Ben to share your work stories - anonymously or otherwise - and he’ll answer your biggest questions.
Follow Ben:
📸 Instagram: / benaskins.official
🎥 TikTok: / ben.askins
Follow the pod:
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theworkingweekpod/
🎥 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theworkingweekpod
Chapters
0:00 Intro
01:08 Return to Office (RTO) Mandates
03:54 The funniest WFH zoom fails
06:04 Is TikTok to blame?
07:50 Could we see a talent exodus?
09:12 “If a Fireman can’t WFH, why should you?”
10:35 “They were short at least 800 desks”
12:46 The latest WFH policy u-turns
15:57 Is Working From Home REALLY such a modern concept?
19:50 A generation “not doing proper work?”
21:20 Should Gen Z work from home?
23:19 Is WFH REALLY to blame for productivity issues?
25:06 Ben’s final say: hybrid working
26:47 The future of flexible working in the UK and US
27:15 Funny work stories of the week
Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts for FREE and you’ll have access to weekly episodes 10 hours before they go live on YouTube.
Sign up for Ben’s management course here: https://www.benchmarkmanagement.co/
Credits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZpEpNPaxsw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGOofzZOyl8
https://www.tiktok.com/@swertified/video/7358361929787673861
https://www.instagram.com/kirafonteneau_attorney/reel/DG6sUd7NH-X/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gXSbWXmRPo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkABNmd0BYM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03V6p7EZ6G8
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00276pd/panorama-should-we-still-be-working-from-home
This episode of The Working Week with entrepreneur Ben Askins brings you Ben’s unfiltered take on the truth behind the Return to Office Mandates coming from all the big businesses in 2025 - and a few laughs along the way. Whether you’re an employee being forced back into the office, you’re a boss considering launching an RTO mandate, or you simply want to strengthen your case to WFH, this one’s for you.
If that sounds like you, hit FOLLOW and we’ll see you in the next episode.
We’d love to hear from you! Get in touch with Ben to share your work stories - anonymously or otherwise - and he’ll answer your biggest questions.
Follow Ben:
📸 Instagram: / benaskins.official
🎥 TikTok: / ben.askins
Follow the pod:
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theworkingweekpod/
🎥 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theworkingweekpod
Chapters
0:00 Intro
01:08 Return to Office (RTO) Mandates
03:54 The funniest WFH zoom fails
06:04 Is TikTok to blame?
07:50 Could we see a talent exodus?
09:12 “If a Fireman can’t WFH, why should you?”
10:35 “They were short at least 800 desks”
12:46 The latest WFH policy u-turns
15:57 Is Working From Home REALLY such a modern concept?
19:50 A generation “not doing proper work?”
21:20 Should Gen Z work from home?
23:19 Is WFH REALLY to blame for productivity issues?
25:06 Ben’s final say: hybrid working
26:47 The future of flexible working in the UK and US
27:15 Funny work stories of the week
Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts for FREE and you’ll have access to weekly episodes 10 hours before they go live on YouTube.
Sign up for Ben’s management course here: https://www.benchmarkmanagement.co/
Credits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZpEpNPaxsw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGOofzZOyl8
https://www.tiktok.com/@swertified/video/7358361929787673861
https://www.instagram.com/kirafonteneau_attorney/reel/DG6sUd7NH-X/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gXSbWXmRPo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkABNmd0BYM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03V6p7EZ6G8
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00276pd/panorama-should-we-still-be-working-from-home