Text-to-speech (TTS) technology is used daily by many people, even if they don’t know the term. In the United States, 100 million individuals own at least one smart speaker like Amazon Echo or Google Nest (source: Market.us, 2024). Around 63 percent of U.S. adults (source: BloggersPassion, 2025) use voice-powered assistants like Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, or Google Assistant. These virtual helpers rely on TTS to answer questions, play music, or control smart devices.
In recent years, artificial intelligence has been making waves across various industries, promising to change the way we work and interact with each other. Within companies, different departments are likely to benefit significantly from the integration of AI into their operations. From human resources to marketing, finance and customer service, the impact of workplace AI is profound and game-changing.
The tech industry has been on a bumpy ride ever since the pandemic began more than 3 years ago. 2021 kicked off the Great Resignation, a period where employees across hundreds of industries—not just in technology—took steps to leave their jobs. When that wave turned, a new term was coined, The Great Regret. Next, towards the end of 2022, the job market was hit by The Great Layoff. In a nutshell, it has been wild, both for recruiting teams and for employees.
The transition to a hybrid work environment has been challenging for everybody. Existing employees need to adapt to a new way of working within a hybrid workplace, maintaining collaboration with the same colleagues as before but often through different tools and rhythms. On the other hand, new hires face even more complexity than the standard onboarding process, as they must navigate both company culture and the nuances of hybrid work simultaneously. And on top of these challenges, companies must strategically determine what balance of in-office and remote structures works best for their teams in this evolving hybrid work environment.
Successfully onboarding new employees may save your organization time, money, and reputation. A well-planned process offers the opportunity for your new hire to start strong. Ultimately, it may even give you a competitive edge and boost organizational success.
Onboarding is the process through which a new employee is introduced to the organization, to the team, and to their role within. Proper, effective onboarding sets the employees up for success and enables them to integrate seamlessly. A successful process also helps the company improve its retention rates, overall morale, and employee engagement on the long run.
Remote work revolutionized the way remote employees perceive their work-life balance, emphasizing the unnecessary stress and costs tied to commuting and traditional on-site roles. This shift is irreversible, leaving businesses to navigate how to sustainably support remote employees over the long term. In response, many organizations have embraced a hybrid workplace model, blending flexibility with collaboration to meet evolving workforce needs while balancing operational demands.
In 2021, the hype dubbed as The Great Resignation spread across the media and social networks. Everybody had an opinion on the reasons why the mass quitting of employees left their old work environments. Some are still debating and making predictions on how this will continue well into 2022. But what happens after? From my point of view, it’s quite obvious. After The Great Resignation comes The Great Onboarding. Question is—are you ready to embrace it?
This year threw the workforce for a major loop, as millions of people exchanged office cubicles for their own sofas and kitchen tables. And while this shift in daily scenery is one thing for existing employees, for new team members there’s a different story altogether. In a matter of months, remote onboarding has become an even hotter topic.
Leaders are facing an unparalleled workplace experience. The degree of uncertainty we are now navigating is extraordinary for most businesses everywhere in the world. Nobody knows when this sanitary crisis is going to end or what is going to happen in a couple of months from now. And nobody can predict the impact on employees, customers, even the supply chain.
