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Thursday, February 18, 2021
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Cost of Living, Digital Transformation, Remote WorkC, Salesforce, Workplace Trends
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Right now, you need reading material more than ever, and our best blogs for include stories on how the Salesforce CIO uses Salesforce, workplace trends and cost of living in a remote work era.
How the Salesforce CIO Uses Salesforce
With leadership in mind, today’s CIO facilitates technology-driven transformations and works with various departments to help provide products, services and value to customers.
Today, IT is in every aspect of business and Salesforce relies on it for everything from recruitment to sales. Client success is fundamental to Salesforce’s business model, and data is vital to earning lasting relationships. To that end, the company recently shared a behind-the-scenes peek at how it handles common challenges, boosts worker engagement and supports innovation.
Workplace Trends that You Need to Know
In 2019, business executives likely had no idea the following year would include a pandemic, lockdowns, social unrest, mass unemployment and a mental health crisis. Without a doubt, one of the main lessons learned in 2020 was the trends can be very easily be disrupted. For 2021, there are a number of trends emerging that should affect the workplace, barring another unforeseen global event.
One trend is the development of HR professionals having to deal with issues once regarded outside their purview, including politics, parenting and mental health. With the social effects of the pandemic likely lasting a long time, it appears that the expanded scope of HR isn’t going away anytime soon.
To support workers in 2021, HR will likely keep moving away from conventional focuses on compensation and physical health, toward a more comprehensive view of employee well-being and satisfaction. This could include programs associated with inclusion, childcare or flexible scheduling.
Cost of Living Pay in a Remote Work Era
Facebook sparked a lively discussion last year when it announced that almost all staff members would have the choice of being able to work remotely, even after the end of the COVID pandemic. However, Facebook staff members who wanted to relocate from Silicon Valley, for instance, to a lower cost-of-living location would have to accept a relative reduction in pay.
A problem with this approach is that a pay cut *checks notes* isn’t very popular. According to survey results from Dice, IT professionals are quite reluctant to exchange a remote work situation for a pay cut, with about 3 percent in the summer of 2020 saying they would agree to a 15-percent lower salary. The Dice survey also found about 76 percent said they would not exchange remote work for any reduction in pay.
Considering the general attitude toward exchanging remote work for lower pay, it makes sense that any company offering to avoid such cuts will have an edge with respect to hiring for remote positions.
