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Many IT employees have been working from home for nearly a year now. And for some, fully or partially remote work will become the new normal. More than half (57 percent) of employees work from home now, according to a new survey of employers by Willis Towers Watson, and around two in five employees will still be working remotely at the end of 2021. While this may be a welcome proposition for some tech professionals, IT leaders and managers may need to optimize the WFH proposition – for the betterment of the larger organizations and their team members. “The biggest mistake that we saw in ...

MutualOne grant supports Big Brothers Big Sisters program Mark R. Haranas, president and CEO of MutualOne Bank and chairman of the MutualOne Charitable Foundation, this week announced that Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass & MetroWest has been awarded a $5,000 foundation grant to support its Girls in STEAM E-Mentoring (G.E.M.) program in Framingham and Natick. According to Big Brothers Big Sisters Executive Director Jeffrey Chin, the program matches at-risk youth with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) women professionals from area corporations, higher education and ...

Bates Communications Published on January 15, 2021 Kathryn Tibbetts Gates ‘91 was having supper in old Commons when a friend burst into the dining hall and shouted, “We’re at war!” At that moment, Gates had two thoughts: Her friend had entered through the exit door, so her automatic response was, “You can’t come in this way — you’ll get in trouble.” Her second: “I will always remember this moment.” Such was the seismic surreality of Jan. 16, 1991, when the U.S. went to war. It was around 7 o’clock in the evening and the TV networks had just broken the news that...