Future, the London-listed owner of magazines from Marie Claire to Metal Hammer, has told more than 1,000 members of staff that they must continue to come into the office, despite the latest government guidance to work from home where possible to contain the spread of Omicron.
The publisher, which last month reported expectation-busting revenues and profits guaranteeing big bonuses for its top management, sent an email to its approximately 1,500 staff based in England telling them a shift to full working from home “is not something we can do”. The company employs 2,800 staff in total, with the US its other main market.
“There is a cost to our business of prolonged working from home,” wrote Future’s chief people officer, Hazel Boyle, in an
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