New trends in Work . Future of work post Covid-19 | Work Trends to Expect

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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