Hybrid work, the new normal?

This article is from Management magazine

This is called “the new normal”. That is to say the fact of accepting that for a year, we no longer work under normal conditions … and that it is well on the way to last. All the specialists in the world of work say it: if the current situation is exceptional, there will be no going back to the past once the crisis is over. Of course, 100% teleworking for all is impossible, but the professional world of tomorrow will be mostly hybrid. Employees will have the opportunity to exercise in different spaces, depending on the time of the week, or even the day.

Start at home in the morning, go to the office, attend a team meeting in a coworking space … and finish with an aperitif on the terrace? “The overall goal of a hybrid model is to meet the wide range of employee needs, whether it be the need to focus or collaborate, or the need to balance work and family responsibilities,” explain the employees. authors of a large global study carried out by WeWork, the coworking giant, with the independent firm Workplace Intelligence.

Employees thus want to be able to have space outside their home to work, even if it means paying for it out of pocket: 64% of them are ready to finance access to a shared office themselves. This probably suits WeWork well… and the companies themselves. In fact, they intend to grant this flexibility to their employees “because productivity has generally not decreased due to remote work,” says the study.

79% of executives plan to let their employees share their time between the company and another workplace, at home or in a coworking space, if their position allows it.

“We’ve learned,” the authors say, “that when employees get the flexibility they crave, their businesses benefit from increased productivity, engagement and loyalty.” He concluded, “Maybe he it took a pandemic to realize that giving workers what they want is good for results… ”

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