{"id":20008,"date":"2021-07-15T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T08:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/?p=20008"},"modified":"2021-09-24T06:59:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T05:59:32","slug":"what-can-we-expect-from-the-hybrid-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/what-can-we-expect-from-the-hybrid-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"What Can We Expect From the Hybrid Workplace?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seemed like it was just weeks into the pandemic when people were already questioning the future of work. Would offices be a thing of the past? Was remote work<\/a> here to stay, and if so, what would it look like? Would workers adapt to this new normal without disrupting the work of business?<\/span><\/p>\n

And here we are more than a year later, with the world slowly opening back up thanks to the power of vaccines, and we are finally beginning to get some answers to these questions. In a word, the answer to all of the questions posed above is \u201cyes\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no doubt that the effects of the pandemic on the professional workplace will have a lasting impact on the way we work. We will all be able to someday tell younger generations about the days of yore when we went to offices five days per week. But just how they will be impacted and what business leaders need to consider is still being sorted out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As business leaders look to define what a hybrid work environment means for their businesses and their employees, let\u2019s dive a bit deeper into these questions posed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Will Offices Be a Thing of the Past?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

While few organisations have made the decision to move to a 100% remote workforce in response to the pandemic, there is enough evidence to indicate that the office as we once knew it will indeed be a thing of the past. This is evidenced by\u00a0<\/span>Lloyds Bank who announced that they will be reducing their office space\u00a0<\/span><\/a>by 20% and supporting a remote work environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to organisations making these changes, the pandemic has also changed the way workers think about a full-time return to the office, which will surely impact the way our offices take shape post-pandemic.\u00a0<\/span>35% of workers expect to work from home 2-3 days per week<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in the UK alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

While there will be some roles that will require more office time, and there will be those who prefer to head back to the office (more so for daily human interaction and socialising), the offices we once knew will change, and that change will be permanent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t