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Hybrid & Remote Work

Navigate the evolving landscape of flexible work. Find essential strategies for HR leaders on managing hybrid teams, fostering remote employee engagement, and implementing effective policies for a successful virtual workplace.

How to stay productive while traveling and working remotely?

Many regular business travelers admit that international assignments are inspiring and enriching, but they often negatively impact work efficiency. Business travel typically means that some work duties are performed remotely – in hotels, airports, during train journeys, or between client meetings. Therefore, up to 20–30% of people may experience a periodic drop in productivity.

Hybrid work – the hybrid employee perspective

In the narrative depicting the employers’ perspective on the hybrid work and the business transformation, it is easy (yet harmful) to overlook the employee’s view on the hybrid work and the potential challenges that the company may face due to it.

Essential software tools for remote teams in 2022

Businesses around the world suffered shock from the unimaginable ways in which the pandemic changed the world. Thanks to software old and new that helped businesses manage operations remotely, the global business community adapted rather quickly.

Building a productive hybrid work from home environment

Hybrid work popularity has exploded since the shock therapy of lockdowns and COVID-19 pandemic induced isolation. But while the companies get increasingly savvy regarding the new reality, sometimes it is all about the employees who need guidance about reshaping their reality.

Five tips to make workcation work for you

With the rise of remote work and an increasing number of people working from basically anywhere, the companies need to adjust their policies and open for both the remote work and workcation.

Halloween 2020 – how to celebrate during a pandemic?

Halloween is a very popular holiday wildly celebrating in the USA, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Spooky atmosphere, dressing up, going trick, or treating – those are funny traditions which are also a great opportunity for partying.

Remote work in Europe before Covid-19 pandemic

The pandemic of COVID-19 triggered a fundamental shift in the approach toward teleworking or remote work. During the lockdown four of ten employees in the EU were working from home - a thing unimaginable a quarter before.

Product updates

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Employee Requests: the whole flow now inside Calamari

Build your own request catalog — glasses reimbursement, laptop requests, bank account changes and more. Decide who handles each one and track status, history and comments in one place.

Your AI assistant now fills in timesheets and checks leave balances

Your AI assistant now fills in a whole week's timesheet in one prompt, just like in the browser, and checks how many leave days you have left in any allowance.

Create goals after every review – coming soon

The missing piece after every review: set a goal with an owner and due date, update progress with a comment, and flag ones at risk before it's too late.

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