Last week we stumbled across an interesting read on employers’ eagerness to return to significant in-person interaction to save company culture while employees, simply put – are not. Published mid last year, this is still a very real issue amongst the workforce and let’s face it, for some time to come.
Here is an overview:
Employers are coming to terms with the whole concept of hybrid working. They want a new normal that is somewhat flexible but not dramatically different pre-covid.
While Employees don’t know what they want are re-evaluating their relationship with work. For example, they expressed working from home drives fatigue and weakens their sense of belonging, but on the other hand, they discovered a connection to their home and family in ways that changed them.
A report McKinsey undertaken mid-last year found more than three-quarters of C-suite executives expected the ‘key’ employees to be back in the office three or more days a week. On the other hand, nearly three-quarters of around 5,000 employees queried globally would prefer to work from home two or more days per week.
Furthermore, Leaders must come to terms with the future uncertainty of hybrid working, or key talent will continue walking out the door. Recent surveys found that 40 percent of workers globally are considering leaving their current employers by the end of the year.
Perhaps leaders need to embrace this opportunity for change and work with their employees to discover better ways to keep companies productive while caring for their workforces. There is no finish line, and the suitable longer-term working model is a work in progress.
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