Posted on 08/29/2024 11:24:08 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Working from home remains an overwhelmingly popular option for people across the world, with new research finding the vast majority (83%) saying they felt more productive in hybrid/remote settings rather than in-office or on site.
A survey from Zoom focusing on knowledge workers seemingly confirmed many companies back the trend of post-Covid remote working to continue, with 50% of leaders saying they have introduced more flexible working styles over the last two years, and 82% plan to carry this on into the future.
And despite the distance, hybrid workers even report that they are feeling more connected to their teams and managers, with 82% saying they felt a better bond - compared to 72% of in-person workers.
Almost all IT leaders who responded confirm they use AI in their organizations (94%), and 84% of those say that this has positively impacted productivity.
However nearly two-thirds (64%) of workers noted generative AI in particular was helping them to do their jobs, meaning a significant chunk of the workforce is still not completely sold on the technology.
However, of those surveyed, most agreed that their organization’s technology and remote work tools need improvement, with 75% feeling their current set-up is inadequate.
Zoom's findings aren’t particularly surprising, as research has consistently shown that workers are happier and more productive when given the opportunity to work remotely.
Earlier this month a report on US workplace culture revealed that workers are 60% less likely to quit, 27% more likely to enjoy their job, and 67% more likely to put in more effort if they can work from home.
More research around workspaces revealed that many workplaces need to invest in their tools and tech, with almost two-thirds of office spaces are no longer optimized for remote working.
Pencil pushers and key board players could do their job while asleep. ...now the real workers and producers are essential and their very presence is critcal.
Not to mention surgeries, imagine having them done at the Doctor's home?
I can’t reach the car in my shop from home.
I have people trying to buy used cars remotely, then when they show up they try to back out because “it doesn’t drive like I expected” or “I didn’t see this little dent” (on a 4k car) “I expected this geo metro to be bigger”
needless to say, we don’t sell cars that way any more.
“Except Fawcett-Majors”
Do you mean Fawcett-Majors-O’Neal? THAT Fawcett-Majors? ;-)
Meanwhile in China, laborers are housed in high-rise living quarters equipped with nets to prevent suicide by jumping.
My wife would agree.
It made a lot of sense for me to commute into the local office so I could log into the office computer and talk to my boss three states away and my coworkers spread all over the country...while trying to ignore LaQuisha screaming into her phone three cubicles away....
Not!
The operative word in that proposition is “feeling”. As in no objective standard.
Sounds like you are hiring the wrong people.
(83%) saying they felt more productive in hybrid/remote settings rather than in-office or on site.
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It’s like paying a teenager to take you car to the car wash.
Yup. Same here. I'm the "new guy" on the team, and I've been here for over 13 years. Everyone knows how to do the job, and they know what is expected.
They just do it.
mainly because the WFH means your available 24/7 ... which is the only thing that is a downside. We all work like 6am to 8+pm all week.
We are all encouraged to unplug at the end of the day--though some circumstances obviously come up to prevent it. I put in my 8-9 hours, and I'm done.
This is not at all the case of everyone who worked from home during Covid. My husband and I were busier than ever, and yes, more productive. There’s a lot of time wasted in many offices that isn’t wasted when you work at home; and a lot of unnecessary interruptions that don’t happen at home.
Everyone knows some people who ‘gamed the system’; but in my experience, the people who do, figure out a way to do it in the office, too. I teleworked for extended times during Covid, and also years ago. Depending on the individual and the type of work, it can be very productive.
I'm a "keyboard player" as you put it.
Next time you want cancer treatment, let me know how critical, or non-critical, my job is when you need results.
Funny - we have a weekly staff meeting with "cameras on" - we look like 24 guys just back from a hunting trip, (used to always be "business casual" in the office).
-PJ
I worked in a scientific research organization during Covid. If I wasn’t pounding away all day ordering necessary and often very specific and esoteric supplies (and knowing from years of experience where to get the right things) everything would have stalled. I did it just fine from home.
The downside for me was that I really liked the folks I worked with, and missed seeing them every day...
You sound like a low-level manager or a bean counter.
I’m retired, but my last job was a work at home position and I loved it. It was fun and easy. I had to quit unfortunately due to health reasons. If I was to go back to work I’d try to get that job again. But I’m not likely to work again.
LOTS OF JOBS CANNOT BE “DONE FROM HOME”.
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