Hybrid Offices
In June 2020, Gartner conducted a survey among 127 companies to find out their plans towards post-COVID workplaces. The survey revealed that 47% of companies will allow their employees to work remotely even after the pandemics. Other companies (43% of respondents) will introduce flexible days, so employees can choose between remote or on-site work.
That’s how we’re approaching the era of hybrid offices (or workplaces). A hybrid office is one of the hottest HR trends in 2022 that offers a versatile approach to organizing a workplace:
• Partially remote implies some of part of the workforce working remotely and another one works on-site. It’s a typical scenario for companies that can’t move some of their processes to the remote due to security or hardware limitations.
• Flexible remote hours or days, so employees can manage their workflows and work some of the time out of the office.
• A coworking-like organization of the office where employees don’t have a dedicated desk or a workplace. They book the workspaces in advance once they decide to work on-site.
Companies are massively rethinking their real estate strategy, refusing long-term office rents and investing in spaces that’ll function as headquarters and premier locations.
Hubspot, a sales and marketing software vendor, has offered three options to their employees: @home, @office, and @flex. From January 2021, employees can choose whether they want to work from home most of their time, go to the office three or more days per week, or have a mixed workflow. With this initiative, Hubspot will reinforce its remote-friendly strategy and improve its employee wellbeing.
I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day, you bet on people, not on strategies – Lawrence Bossidy, writer, and retired businessman
Source: hrforecast.com
