We have done a research and tried
to find out what the future has in store for employees and employers
alike. Here are the few aspects that can trend and redefine the
future of work post COVID-19.
1. More emphasise on technology in
work:
When
offices were packed with staff before, now this trend is meant to
change. Thanks to
pandemic (covid-19).Employers and managers could simply stop by an
employee’s cabin and
opine on their work or even assess it, but now considering the
present scenario, the aforementioned is not a viable option. Since
the outbreak, employers have been switching to various technologies
to power up the functioning of their organization. From virtual
attendance systems to employee engagement software for assessing
employee engagement. AI tools have made all this too smooth for
companies worldwide. Gartner observes that currently, 16% of
employers are depending on technology more frequently than ever to
supervise their workforce.
Before
the pandemic also, there were organizations using unconventional
tools for tracking employee productivity, attendance, and other data.
example DAR file (daily activity report) excel file with macros enabled.
This
trend is about to escalate into the future owing to the burgeoning
numbers in remote and hybrid working.
Hence,
we predict that companies will indeed be resorting to technology to
monitor and track various important data associated with the
productivity of their employees even after COVID-19.
2.
Flexible working hours:
This
will be a new trend. This will enable work life balance for employees
who are in a company
where shift timings are adhere to i.e - fixed working hours are
followed, you may work
as per your time but you just have to complete the agreed working
hours. But few companies
can take advantage of work from home and may ask to extend. Which is
actually not fair. The research of Flex + Strategy Group finds that a
whopping 60% of employees with flexible
work options feel they are more productive than ever. Hence, we
reckon that the future
of work after COVID-19 will be governed by flexible work hours as
well.
3.
Focus on output:
Impact
driven work will be the new normal tool to measure productivity of
the employees. Earlier there were visible factors that the managers used
to judge their employees
based on number of apparent factors like working hours spent on desk,
leaves applied
etc. Now all these norms have been flipped upside down. Managers no
longer have access
to check what their employees are doing except depending solely on
results and impacts
brought to their business by employees, which also lets them measure productivity
truly. This gives the employees a chance to prove their worth without
being supervised
every now and then. Being a win-win situation for both the parties,
impact-driven
work will be the future.
4.
Video conferencing rather than in-person meetings:
Now
most of the meetings will take place more often on video conferencing
technology. Few examples
are Google Meet, Microsoft teams, etc. From stand-ups to meetings,
these tools have made working from home a cinch; a relief to both
employers and employees. Concerns
can be addressed, ideas can be exchanged, work progress can be
updated; you can do almost everything carried out in an in-person
meeting.
5.
Hybrid working options:
Companies
were forced to inculcate three modes in-office, remote, &
semi-remote working styles. This was due to diversity of their work
force location. Hybrid Workspaces empower employee autonomy and
flexibility in the way they work. This model lets employees decide on
three main factors that can affect productivity: when, where, and how
to work in the best possible way that can help create an equilibrium
in both work and personal life.We know that many of you might have
expected an all-remote workspace to come up in the future. But here’s
what we found. Though around 48% of employees are expected to work
remotely even post COVID-19, there is yet a 52% who wants otherwise,
which is why hybrid working can be the ultimate all-encompassing
working model for the future. Due to this work pattern 60% of
companies report an increase in individual employee productivity.
Analysing by these trends, hybrid workspaces will surely take over
the future of work after COVID-19.
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