Only a quarter of companies expect staff in office full time

Just one in 4 firms anticipate their employees to be within the workplace full time within the coming years, analysis suggests.

A survey of greater than a thousand companies signifies that about one in six imagine that their staff will primarily work remotely.

The research, by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and the know-how agency Cisco, discovered a transparent divide between sectors, with these reminiscent of finance and authorized extra more likely to anticipate distant working.

Jane Gratton of the BCC mentioned: “Our information reveals that hybrid working is now a part of the material of the trendy office. For tens of millions of individuals, logging in remotely for not less than a part of the working week is now routine. This flexibility is valued by employers and their groups. Lower than 30 per cent of corporations anticipate employees to be working totally in individual over the subsequent 5 years.

“Versatile working makes good enterprise sense. In a good labour market the place employers are competing for expert staff, hybrid working and versatile working extra typically has develop into an essential a part of employees profit packages.

“In addition to boosting recruitment and retention, it might probably assist employers unlock new and numerous expertise swimming pools. Employers nonetheless worth common face-to-face contact with employees, nevertheless, and our findings present solely 8 per cent of companies anticipate employees to be utterly distant.”

Aine Rogers of Cisco added: “We all know staff thrive in a hybrid working surroundings, because it enhances their wellbeing, work-life steadiness and efficiency.”