10 Trends that will affect the workplace post-pandemic
By Shankar Raman
The whole nature of employer-employee relationship has
changed drastically as a result of COVID-19. Many employees are reconsidering
on how they want to work while employers are trying to do their best to give
all the support to the employees needs of a diverse workforce. This article
identified 10 trends for business organizations that are having issues in a
hybrid work setup.
1. Hybrid
work. During the pandemic, most people are working remotely, and productivity has
increased. According to the 2020 Global Benefits Attitudes Survey, many people want
to return to work in the office for two or three days a week because they feel
disconnected from their coworkers and workplace.
2. New
purpose for the workplace. After the pandemic, offices or workplaces have evolved
and become more of a function for collaboration for the employees rather than a
quiet environment for the employees to work.
3. Acceleration
of digitalization. Because of the pandemic, many organizations have further adapted
to the use of virtual collaboration tools like Teams and Zoom, and the use of
robotics and artificial intelligence in their respective workplace.
4. Broader
focus on employee wellbeing. It is important for every organization to also
focus on the well-being of every employee.
5. Diversity,
equity, and inclusion (DEI). The organization must review its policies that
might have an impact on employees who could experience unconscious bias in the
workplace.
6. Rethinking
performance management. As more businesses have remote setups for their
employees, they should study how they can assess and measure their performance
while working at home.
7. New
manager model. In a hybrid work setup, managers must focus on ensuring that they
are connecting, and collaborating with employees since most of the time the
employees are working in their respective homes.
8. Greater
emphasis on ESG and climate change. In the longer run, successful companies
will mean that they have embedded ESG in their business strategies and policies.
9. New
talent equation. Because of the new hybrid setup, organizations are now having
more choice of talent since the employee will be able to work from their home.
10. Increase
attention to culture. Companies will now be more intentional about their
cultures.
Since more companies are using hybrid work setups, these 10
trends will help them to solve some of the issues that they are facing.
Reference
10 trends that will
affect the workplace post-pandemic. WTW. (n.d.). https://www.wtwco.com/en-ca/insights/2021/10/10-trends-that-will-affect-the-workplace-post-pandemic
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