50% of employees are likely to return to a hybrid setup
NEW DELHI: Both employees and employers are equally interested in making a comeback to the workplace in a hybrid setup with 50% of the workforce likely to return to offices for up to 3 days a week starting next year, according to a report by Nasscom and Indeed.
Also, junior and senior management, workforce under the age of 25 and above 40 years, are eager to return to the workplace as compared to the middle management.
Female employees are also excited about returning to offices and adapting to newer working models, as per the ‘NASSCOM Return to Workplace Survey’.
The report was developed on the basis of return to workplace surveys conducted by the IT industry body, focused on both tech employees and tech employers on their plans on return to offices.
The report aimed to understand the expectations, key considerations, and preparedness on both fronts (employers and employees) for return to the workplace and further analyse different future operating models emerging in a hybrid setup.
The survey stated that though over 81% of organisations expressed that employee health and safety remains the key consideration for them while reopening the offices, 72% of organisations said they are looking at operating at a maximum of 50% employee capacity starting next year itself.
In the post-pandemic era, companies are looking forward to implementing newer work operating models.
Today, the hybrid work model is the preferred choice by over 70% of organisations, as per the report.
Nasscom President Debjani Ghosh said over the last one and a half years, the way tech organisations have run business operations, has undergone a massive transformation.
“The industry is now prepared to gradually re-open and is looking at perfecting a hybrid operating model which brings in the best of both onsite and remote operating models. We encourage tech companies to process the reopening in a phased and safe manner while keeping the employee’s health and safety as the topmost priority,” she added.
Sashi Kumar, Head of Sales (India) at Indeed.com, said since the pandemic hit businesses across the globe, pushing employees indoors, many believed that the future of work is ‘remote’.
“However, organisations and employees gradually realised that remote work is an outcome of the pandemic and not an evolved approach to workplace planning. In fact, Indeed’s last hiring tracker indicated that employees are looking for more ‘flexible’ workplaces that will enable work-home balance,” Kumar added.