{"id":7843,"date":"2023-09-21T16:42:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T15:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recruitireland.com\/advice-centre\/?p=7843"},"modified":"2023-09-28T09:34:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T08:34:01","slug":"employers-and-staff-seek-truce-on-office-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recruitireland.com\/advice-centre\/employers-and-staff-seek-truce-on-office-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Employers and staff seek truce on office working"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph\">When videoconferencing specialist Zoom called staff back to the office last month, it was widely interpreted as the disintegration of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recruitireland.com\/advice-centre\/category\/working-from-home\/\">remote work<\/a> experiment. The pro-office message, the best part of four years after the pandemic triggered a white-collar retreat, was seized on by Elon Musk, who described it as morally wrong for \u201claptop classes living in la-la-land\u201d to work from home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">Amazon is tracking attendance and emails staff who fail to attend three days a week, while Google says absence will affect staff performance reviews. In the UK, banks including Lloyds Banking Group, Citi and HSBC have taken the September cue to tighten their in-office mandates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">But even as some employers take a more aggressive approach to forcing staff back to the office, the latest data shows the picture on working patterns is more nuanced. Even after its clampdown, Zoom only requires two days in the office, while most other companies with office staff expect to retain a component of remote working.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">\u201cWhat doesn\u2019t get the headlines is that there\u2019s a bigger percentage of companies moving from full-time in the office to much more flexibility,\u201d says Brian Elliott, co-founder of Future Forum, a consortium on the future of work launched in 2020.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">As the northern hemisphere shifts out of summer holiday season \u2013 traditionally the point at which companies have sought to tighten their return-to-office policies \u2013 tensions with staff are far from resolved. But the debate over working patterns is entering a new phase, as companies examine how to enhance the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recruitireland.com\/advice-centre\/working-from-home-can-make-you-a-better-sleeper-and-a-healthier-more-productive-worker\/\">productivity and performance<\/a> of hybrid policies rather than viewing them simply as a staff perk.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall\">Finding the middle ground<\/h4>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">In the US, 33 per cent of companies are fully flexible \u2013 meaning employees work entirely remotely or are given free choice over when they go to the office, according to the Flex Index, which collects data on work policies from 6,500 companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">The proportion of US companies requiring full-time office attendance dropped from 49 per cent in January to 39 per cent in July. Meanwhile the \u201cGoldilocks\u201d hybrid model, which demands a minimum number of days in the office, had been adopted by 28 per cent of companies by July, up from 20 per cent at the start of this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">On average, US companies stipulate 2.56 days in the office per week, according to the new Flex Index report, halfway between what employers hope for (2.75 days), and the 2.21 days employees would like.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">\u201cThis two to three days a week [in the office], I think of as a truce,\u201d says Rob Sadow of Scoop, which supplies hybrid work technology and oversees the Flex Index. \u201cEmployers may not get exactly what they want; employees may not get exactly what they want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">Globally, the Leesman Index, which measures employee engagement, reports that about a third of companies have mandated office time while almost half are letting employees choose, with the bulk selecting Friday as the day they are most likely to work remotely.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall\">Give staff a say<\/h4>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">Who decides companies\u2019 policies on working locations helps to determine how well they are received. Mandatory policies are popular with employers in part because they are simple to impose \u2013 but staff prefer it when they have a say in the decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"secondary-font__SecondaryFontStyles-nwz1jt-0 ftfvHJ\">It\u2019s got to work for the company, and more importantly the clients <span class=\"primary-font__PrimaryFontStyles-ybxuz7-0 jGeesm citation-text\">\u2014 \u00a0Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase chief executive, on working from home<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Syreeta Brown, group chief people and communications officer at UK retail lender Virgin Money, says the group conducted a lot of research at all levels before deciding most employees could work anywhere in the UK. The pattern, though, was set in consultation with the manager and team. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of work. That\u2019s why companies find this stuff challenging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">According to a Boston Consulting Group survey of 1,500 mainly US and European office workers in spring 2023, almost two-thirds (62 per cent) had no say in their company\u2019s policy. Employees were least satisfied when their work pattern was set from the top of the company; when their direct manager dictated the policy, the proportion of unhappy respondents fell, and decreased again if the team decided.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">Differences in working styles between executives and employees partly explain the mismatch in expectations for in-office work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">BCG says managers spend nearly half their time on tasks requiring them to meet in-person (such as giving feedback or inducting new recruits), compared with their staff, who spend longer on \u201cfocus work\u201d, such as writing reports, which is better suited to remote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">JPMorgan Chase\u2019s chief executive Jamie Dimon, a self-confessed sceptic about working from home, recently told the Economist he believed the remote model was less effective for management teams and younger staff, adding that decisions would not be made by \u201cpandering to employees\u201d. He added: \u201cIt\u2019s got to work for the company, and more importantly the clients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">Some employers are moving beyond blunt policies dictating days in the office to aligning tasks and locations. Work patterns may also be organised by experience. RSM, the accounting firm, expects junior workers to be in more than senior staff. John Taylor, the company\u2019s UK chief operating officer, says the firm explains to \u201cyoung people it\u2019s not about presenteeism, but it\u2019s about investing in their career\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">But BCG\u2019s Debbie Lovich says most executives are just monitoring \u201c\u2018butts in seats\u2019 and [entry] card swipes, instead of managing towards joy and productivity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">Whether hybrid work is more productive than fully remote or fully in-office workforces remains inconclusive. A working paper published in July by academics Jose Maria Barrero, Nick Bloom and Steven Davis suggests fully remote working reduced productivity by 10 to 20 per cent, compared with full-time office working, due to obstacles such as communication challenges and home distractions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">While the paper suggests productivity of hybrid workers was only flat or slightly higher than that of office workers, the academics believe a hybrid model is attractive because it reduces recruitment and retention costs. Stanford university\u2019s Bloom has estimated that the offer of flexible work is equivalent to about an 8 per cent pay increase, based on surveys of workers, who seem to value the greater freedom and the reduced cost of, for example, commuting less frequently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">The shift in working habits is already showing up in data on office usage, which will ultimately dictate property decisions when long leases come to an end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">A study of a sample of organisations by workplace consultancy AWA found average office attendance had increased to 35 per cent worldwide, up from 26 per cent in July last year. Desk use increased more sharply, from 33 per cent to 48 per cent, reflecting a reduction in office space available as businesses consolidate their real estate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">But many companies are starting to realise that successful flexible working is not the outcome of a simple calculation about office space and time spent in it. It also requires training leaders to run hybrid and distributed teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall\">\u201cWe\u2019ve doubled down on manager training,\u201d says Mastercard\u2019s Fraccaro. \u201cThe big success factor in this is investing in people.\u201d \u2013 Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2023<\/p>\n<div id=\"arcad-feature-f0f6RPR7vA01bMt-3-3-6-12e2a612b875a7\" class=\"default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 lhWBCq arcad-feature flex breakout\">\n<div class=\"arcad-container width_100\">\n<div id=\"arcad_f0f6RPR7vA01bMt-3-3-6-12e2a612b875a7\" class=\"arcad ad-728x90 flex flex_justify_center\" data-google-query-id=\"CI-BtIaFvIEDFW9cFQgdtAQOdQ\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When videoconferencing specialist Zoom called staff back to the office last month, it was widely interpreted as the disintegration of the remote work experiment. The pro-office message, the best part of four years after the pandemic triggered a white-collar retreat, was seized on by Elon Musk, who described it as morally wrong for \u201claptop classes&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recruitireland.com\/advice-centre\/employers-and-staff-seek-truce-on-office-working\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Employers and staff seek truce on office working<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":7844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,28],"tags":[60],"class_list":["post-7843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-career-advice-and-work-trends","category-recruitment-news","tag-recruitment-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Employers and staff seek truce on office working - 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