Navigate the age of the great resignation triggered by Covid Create smart workplaces to meet challenges of hybrid work

Transforming the workplace into a hybrid work friendly environment is the way to go.

How time flies. It has been three years since the Covid-19 pandemic began. The health crisis has changed the way people approach their life. For example, many employees now prefer spending more time with their families and have become more demanding of their work environment. Numerous surveys have found that this shift of mentality has led to “the great resignation” around the world. With that in mind, companies should be aware that after the pandemic is over, their staff may not dutifully return to the office and work nine to five as before. Transforming the workplace into a hybrid work friendly environment is the way to go. To retain talents and boost employees’ efficiency, it is necessary to use new technologies to create a smart workplace.

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1. Employer-employee differences over office work post-pandemic
2. The popularity of hybrid work positions and three challenges facing employers
3. Professional smart workspace boosts competitiveness and employee satisfaction

Employer-employee differences over office work post-pandemic

As the symptoms of Covid-19 are becoming less severe, and with many countries having hit their vaccine targets, governments around the world are gradually relaxing anti-pandemic measures. It seems people can live a normal life again. According to a survey recently conducted by Microsoft, about 50% of companies plan to end remote work or hybrid work and require full-time in-person work in the year ahead. Nevertheless, another survey carried out by payroll provider ADP found that two-thirds of workers would consider looking for a new job if forced to return to the office full-time. The difference in mentality between employers and employees is encapsulated by the comment of one respondent: “We’re not the same people that went to the office to work in early 2020.”

The popularity of hybrid work positions and three challenges facing employers

Survey carried out by payroll provider ADP found that two-thirds of workers would consider looking for a new job if forced to return to the office full-time.

Indeed, the pandemic over the past two years has changed how people define the role of work in their lives. With prolonged remote or hybrid work schedules, employees have become aware of the feasibility of the “new normal” of work. Some even find that their productivity has improved under the new working model. Therefore, they would rather change jobs than go back to the old way. This is reflected in job ads on the professional social network LinkedIn, as noted in the Microsoft report. In 2020, about 1.5% of jobs advertised on LinkedIn offered a hybrid or remote work option; today that figure has shot up by 14%. In addition, remote jobs attract nearly three times more views than other jobs. All these suggest that if employers want to recruit and retain talent, they must offer a remote or hybrid option. To ensure a successful transition, companies that run the traditional office model have to overcome three major challenges.

Professional smart workspace boosts competitiveness and employee satisfaction 

By creating digital workspaces, companies can truly fulfil the requirements associated with hybrid work, meet operational needs in the long run, enhance employees’ productivity etc.

To resolve the above issues, companies have to adopt advanced hardware and software and transform office space into a hybrid workplace that meets the needs of employees and brings into full play the strengths of the hybrid work model.

By creating digital workspaces, companies can truly fulfil the requirements associated with hybrid work, meet operational needs in the long run, enhance employees’ productivity, increase efficiency in the use of office space, cut down on unnecessary expenses, and thereby boost the the competitiveness of the enterprises in different aspects.