CEOs, HR leaders weigh in on accommodating employees' desire for flexibility in a remote/hybrid world
There’s a tug of war in the United States between employers who want workers back in the office and employees who’ve enjoyed the comfort of working from home since the COVID-19 pandemic.
While some head honchos like Tesla CEO Elon Musk have ordered employees to come in five days a week, other business leaders realize you can’t put the genie back in the bottle if you want to retain a satisfied workforce. That’s why they’ve established hybrid work schedules, in which employees come in the office for only a few days a week. Even that has ruffled feathers, though, as evident by Apple workers petitioning against the tech giant’s three-days-a-week policy that went into effect after Labor Day.
It's not just Americans desiring flexibility in where, when and how they work – it’s an international trend, according to the Summer 2022 Future Forum Pulse.
A consortium launched by Slack, along with founding partners Boston Consulting Group, MillerKnoll and MLT, the Future Forum helps companies redesign work in the new digital-first workplace. During the summer, it surveyed more than 10,600 knowledge workers across the U.S., Australia, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom.
Here are the findings: In the U.S., fewer employees are working hybrid (46%) compared to the global average (49%). However, more (23%) are working fully remote compared to the global average (18%). Nearly...
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