The pandemic brought with it a series of formulas and modifications to routines that, despite the weight of time, have been maintained for reasons of health. productivity and cost effectiveness. Teleworking has become the usual trend, and although more than three years have passed since its inception, many companies still maintain it or combine it with the hybrid work. An effective way to merge office work with work from home, gaining employees happiness and quality of life.
Hybrid work is a pilot test for the four-day workday that allows the family conciliation. In this way, each company that opts for this model will agree with its employees on the hours they have to work at home and the hours they must work in the office or other spaces. Also, on many occasions, offices are used only as a meeting place.
According to a recent study by Gartner, at the end of 2023 39% of workers around the world Those who perform tasks in areas related to knowledge will have a hybrid work format. It will far exceed the 2% recorded at the end of 2022.
In this way, CIOs will be able to achieve higher level of talent retention. In fact, it is estimated that By 2025, 10% of employees will use virtual spaces for sales activities, onboarding of new staff and remote work. Without going further, Microsoft offers its employees the possibility of teleworking half the week.
Employees in a hybrid work model must have access to applications and tools that allow them to work securely from anywhere. In this sense, companies trust hcloud tools or the combination of SaaS applications and local workloads protected by VPN. They are also opting for zero trust security for terminals in order to protect corporate data.
The expansion of teleworking and hybrid work
Madrid It houses 15.6% of the country’s employed people, of which 23.8% telework. For its part, Catalonia It represents 17.2% of the active population of Spain, with teleworkers being 19.3%. Both communities represent 43.1% of teleworking in the Spanish business fabric, which shows that it extends more in areas where there are many companies in the technology sector or large conglomerates.
Teleworking, and therefore hybrid work, has fallen into EstremaduraMadrid and Balearicsbut it has increased in other communities such as: Cantabria (32.1%), Navarre (11.8%), Basque Country (8.4%) and Murcia (6.9%). Hybrid work or occasional teleworking has increased by 46.19% in the last two years, going from 85,300 in 2020 to 124,700 from 2022.
Worldwide, USA shows that 51% of workers related to the knowledge sector maintain a hybrid job, while 20% opt for 100% remote work. For its part, the percentage of hybrid workers in Japan is 29%, in Germany of 49% and in United Kingdom These figures are even expected to be exceeded by the end of the year (67%).
Advantages of hybrid work
Flexibility
The worker can decide when, where and how he works best, with the boss or manager being the only one qualified to monitor your progress. There is no specific time slot or place of work, but they must be subject to minimum levels of demand and objectives.
Cost reduction
You will save on offices, furniture, computers and other materials, also reducing the cost of utility bills. Employee travel and subsistence expenses will also be eliminated..
Increased productivity
By working from home, in the desired environment and schedule, the worker will not waste time or energy traveling and It will be more productive for the companysince they contribute their knowledge and strategies at the time of day when they feel best.
More fluid communication
The hybrid work model allows establishing new means of communication such as email or Whatsapp, or phone calls. This will join video calls and your own face meetings in coworking centers or flexible spaces.
Improved quality of life
The hybrid worker has more free time by being able to adapt your work day to your personal circumstances. This way, if you have a family, you can adjust your schedule to those of your children to get a full family conciliation and a higher rate of happiness and motivation.
Disadvantages of hybrid work
It is not adjustable to all sectors
Areas such as industry, health, education or retail are completely face-to-face and, except for specific actions, do not allow this format.
Employee burnout
It may happen that hybrid work leads the employee to spend more hours from home than in the office itself. In this way, he will never be able to disconnect, he will feel stressed and will considerably lower your level of productivity.
Safety
Working from home or another space outside the office prevents supervisors from monitoring employee activities. This adds to the risk that lose essential or confidential data that may compromise the integrity of the company by connecting from an unsecured network.
For hybrid work to succeed as a model, it is important that there be a balance between the responsibility and commitment of the employee, with the empathy of the company by allowing the employee to combine it with their personal life.
