Back to School: The Balancing Act Continues

Google proposes new town-like tech hub in Mountain View  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  VIEW IN BROWSER | SUBSCRIBE FRI, SEP 04, 2020 TECH, TRANSFORMATION AND THE FUTURE OF WORK EDITOR'S NOTE Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Our professional lives have officially gotten personal. If you have kids, the balancing act of working from home with children at home may have felt temporary just months ago. But now, there is a weighty feeling of permanency and an urgent need for solutions, fast. As the school year kicks off, employees with children and childcare issues are feeling the burn. So too are employers. Only 32% of companies returning to work have plans for employees' child-care needs. There is nothing inherently intuitive about restructuring offices to be Covid-friendly. Developing care-giving options? Even more of a challenge. The past few months have presented a unique opportunity for employers to uncover just how agile their workforce can be, adapting to new tech, communicating and leading, even amid times of uncertainty. Now, as the workforce steps into this new fall phase, how will employers measure success when a leveled playing field simply no longer exists? Despite sharp focus on the correlation of childcare to the health of the economy, how sensitive will employers be to the employee juggling duties of school-from-home? We'll have our eyes on these issues as summer comes to a close and uncertainty continues to color the fall. Read more. PROGRAMMING NOTE: In just a few weeks: Hilton CHRO Matthew Schuyler and Levi's CFO Harmit Singh will share their tactics for planning amid unknowns with Jon Fortt in our @Work Spotlight event. We'll also have a strategy session with poker champ Annie Duke, led by Dom Chu. Join us as we look for opportunities despite these challenging times. In the meantime, check out some stories below that stood out to us this week. KEY STORIES Google proposes new town-like tech hub in Mountain View The tech giant's latest proposal for a new Mountain View campus comes complete with retail space, an aquatic center and housing. Companies grapple with caregiving challenges for workers as school year starts Employers look for ways to provide child-care resources for employees during the pandemic while managing costs due to the downturn How the next iPhone update will expose how companies try to track you Apple is boosting privacy features in iOS 14 that will make it a lot harder for apps and websites to track you without you knowing about it. iOS 14 is expected to be released in September or October. Google recruiting group warns minority turnover will continue without clearer diversity goals "We don't want to bring in talented students who end up leaving because the future isn't what they thought it would be," Google staffers said in an internal email obtained by CNBC. JOIN US REGISTER REGISTER CNBC EVENTS CNBC Events @CNBCEVENTS Unsubscribe Manage Newsletters Terms of Service Join the CNBC Panel   Digital Products Feedback Privacy Policy CNBC Events   © 2020 CNBC LLC. All rights reserved. A property of NBCUniversal. 900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes and Market Data and Analysis. Data also provided by THOMSON REUTERS