Survey: Hybrid work model is preferred by 48% of companies

The need for social distancing in recent years, due to the pandemic of coronavirus, accelerated innovation and the trend towards new work policies that are increasingly consolidated as new models of collaboration. The main one is the hybrid work model that, in 2022, will become a reality implemented by 48% of companies, as indicated by the 18th edition of the Robert Half Confidence Index (ICRH).

In the latest edition of the Robert Half Confidence Index, a quarterly study by the consultancy, it was found that the hybrid work model should be implemented by 48% of Brazilian companies in 2022, while 38% of companies plan to return to the 100% face-to-face model and only 3 % intend to remain in the model 100% home office.

The survey takes into account the responses of 387 recruiters, collected between November 3 and 30, 2021, and also reveals that 38% of companies must return to the 100% face-to-face model, while only 3% must remain in the 100% home office model. At the time, 11% of respondents said they still did not have the model defined for 2022. In June, this number was 58.1%.

Also according to the survey, among the Business that have already defined the hybrid working model for 2022, most opted for a greater balance between home and office, with 30% of them requiring workers to be in the office three times a week and 28%, twice a week. Only 4% defined the office as a place of work in four days, and 6% are expected to attend only once a week.

The survey also asked 387 employed professionals about the biggest challenges they must face when returning to the office. Of this group, 66% indicated wear and tear with displacements; 55% indicated the difficulty of readjusting a routine that had already been defined with remote work; and 43% are still uncomfortable with exposure to crowds in meetings and shared spaces.

The concern with maintaining the level of productivity and the loss of living with family members were also mentioned, with 35% and 24% of the mentions, respectively. In this sense, Fernando Mantovani, general director of Robert Half for South America, points out that many people have realized that their productivity does not depend on being physically present in the offices and, therefore, they are rethinking the need to face certain discomforts on a daily basis.

Mantovani also concludes that companies that have the possibility of hybrid work, but that do not adapt to it, need to keep in mind that they will renounce hiring good professionals, in addition to having more difficulty attracting the best talents in the market, because, the The scenario we have today is that of flexible work as a hiring model aimed at maintaining productivity and valuing personal and professional experiences, inside and outside the office.

Hybrid reality: Zoom already thinks about it

THE Zoom (Z1OM34), a platform that became popular with the health crisis caused by the Coronavirus, is an example of culture, business model and open employee structure for this transformation of jobs.

According to the detailed study commissioned by the company, O Momentive | Zoom Future of Work Poll 2022, employees value choice in the way they work, 69% say it is important for them to be able to choose whether to work in person, remotely or in a hybrid model.

The company believes, for example, that the future of work will be based on allowing a flexible environment for everyone, a space where people come together to collaborate in different ways. Thus, the company remains firm on the principles established at the beginning of the pandemic: not to reopen any offices until this can be done without the need for social distancing.