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Companies like Google, Facebook and, most recently, Amazon are going to great lengths to co-locate their workers in centralized locations, even going as far as building houses and mixed-used developments where they can live and spend time outside of work. Is this a good thing?
by Frank Kalman
September 28, 2017
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Frank Kalman
Frank Kalman is former managing editor at Talent Economy.To comment, email: editor@chieflearningofficer.com.