“As organisations consider the right approach for their people and their culture, predictions that people will work exclusively from home are being passed over for more flexible options.” The majority of business leaders predict a “hybrid model” for the future of work “The global experiment in working from home is shifting to become an experiment in hybrid work,” reads the report. Only five per cent of business leaders expect their employees to work from home exclusively – an increase of just two per cent since the start of the pandemic – while 23 per cent believe they would return to working exclusively from the office. Overall, 72 per cent of all business leaders surveyed anticipate embracing an “emerging hybrid model”, with employees splitting their time between the office and another location, which could be their home or a third place. This is a significant increase from April 2020, just after the pandemic began, when only 63 per cent saw a need to change their working policies. The research also found that 87 per cent of company leaders in September 2020 expected to allow more flexible working than previously. “Most people expect to work in the office most of the time, but they also expect greater flexibility from their organisations going forward.” The Steelcase Global Report found that the office will soon reclaim its status as the primary work location “While some headlines suggest the office will go away as people embrace working from home almost exclusively, the research identifies a more nuanced, hybrid future,” reads the report. In seven out of 10 countries, more than half of people surveyed say they expect to work from home one day a week or less. The majority say they expect to spend more time working in the office than at home in the future.
The report engaged 32,000 people and conducted work in 10 countries, bringing together multiple primary studies.
However it also suggests that most companies will adopt long-term flexible working policies, so that staff can continue working from home some of the time. The Steelcase Global Report forecasts that hybrid working will become the norm for companies all around the world after Covid-19 safety restrictions are lifted.ĭespite the rise of working from home imposed by the pandemic, the research suggests that the office will soon reclaim its status as the primary work location. Dezeen promotion: the majority of employees expect to return to the office for at least four days a week post-pandemic, according to research from workplace leader Steelcase.
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