We offer wholehearted support to the measures being taken by everyone in our global network to sustain businesses and health during this unprecedented situation and we extend our sympathies to those personally affected. It is most certainly not business as usual at Borderless, however, we consider ourselves fortunate to be able to work without interruption.
The flexible, distributed business model that we have operated for almost 20 years is robust and has helped safeguard the health of the Borderless team and families. You can be assured that the people, expertise and tools are in place to meet our commitments and respond to your needs during the uncertain weeks ahead. Please stay safe and healthy and we shall certainly stay in contact.
If you were to ask a random person on the street what an HR professional does, their answer would probably be conflict resolution, or that HR folks deal with employee salaries and benefits. And while that is part of an HR professional’s responsibilities — to ensure employee safety, respect and accountability — that doesn’t even scratch the surface.
With remote work destined for good to be a fixture of the modern workplace, almost half of companies are monitoring remote employees’ online activities. Monitored activity can include active work hours, websites visited, chats, and messaging logs. Almost a third (31%) of respondents said their employers are monitoring their computer screens in real-time.
Whatever the reason, people seem to be strongly craving a connection with their true selves and to bring more authenticity into their lives. There’s just one problem. There is no true self, at least not in any sense of the self that we can understand through science. We should seriously question the idea of authenticity as a meaningful construct in our lives.
