More CEOs are enjoying the remote-work life – but employees resent it

CEOs enjoy remote work, while some employees resent them for it. — Getty Images/The New York Times

Companies are sweetening the pot for incoming executives: No move to company headquarters? No problem.

Starbucks’ incoming CEO Brian Niccol, who lives in California, will not be required to relocate to the coffee chain’s headquarters in Seattle. Hillary Super, Victoria Secret’s incoming chief executive, will also be permitted to work remotely, pioneering an apparent trend of a company’s top brass working from afar.