{"id":24315,"date":"2023-10-30T13:33:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T18:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appreciationatwork.com\/?p=24315"},"modified":"2023-10-30T13:33:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T18:33:59","slug":"recent-research-about-remote-and-hybrid-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appreciationatwork.com\/blog\/recent-research-about-remote-and-hybrid-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Research about Remote and Hybrid Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Employees are returning to the office, but with more remote work flexibility than ever before. While it’s clear that remote and hybrid work is here to stay, it can be hard to navigate the continually evolving territory while also ensuring employees stay connected and feel appreciated. We wanted to highlight recent research about remote and hybrid workers and company hybrid policy from Gallup and McKinsey & Company that address some of the successes and challenges of these new work arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gallup \u2013 The Good and Bad of Hybrid Work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, Gallup released the podcast The Great \u2018Global Work-from-Home Experiment\u2019 and Its Results<\/a> and then followed it up in October with the article The Future of the Office Has Arrived: It\u2019s Hybrid<\/a><\/em>. We have summarized some of the highlights below, but you can read the full article and listen to the entire podcast by clicking the links in the titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results of Gallup\u2019s surveys were similar to those from the poll we conducted earlier in the year<\/a> about what remote workers like and dislike about working from home. Covid not only changed how we work, but also how we expect to work from now on. Of workers who have remote-capable jobs, 80-90% expect to be able to work remotely at least some of the time. And if we aren\u2019t going back to the way things were, we need to rethink the best practices for going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gallup data indicates 2-3 days in the office is both most desired by employees at all levels and most optimal for engagement<\/strong>. For remote-capable employees who are currently working where they expect to work long-term, the good news is that today’s close alignment between employees\u2019 preferred and actual work locations tends to create a better employee experience. When employees work from their desired location, they tend to be more engaged at work, less likely to burn out and less likely to quit. Gallup laid out the other top benefits of hybrid work for both employees and companies in this table.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Gallup also laid out some of the challenges that the new hybrid work environment has created. Many of which are related to connectedness and communication.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It\u2019s important to note that these challenges are reported by employees at only half the rate of the advantages. Meaning, 52-76% of employees reported positive benefits with only 18% to 31% of the hybrid workforce reporting the top challenges. This suggests that the benefits of hybrid work can significantly outweigh the risks when managed successfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most important take-aways from Gallup\u2019s research on hybrid work teams are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n