Many employees confused: Despite hybrid working, many people struggle to juggle work and home life October 20, 2021 The current “one-size-fits-all” solution is not meeting the complex needs of the modern workforce, with people struggling to juggle work and home life, according to a new report. Employees are confused about what work-life balance means for them and are calling for firms to agree a new definition of the term. Research by jobs site [...]
UBS becomes latest bank to offer staff hybrid working forever June 28, 2021 UBS Group will allow most staff to mix remote working with time spent in the office, Switzerland’s biggest bank revealed today. “We are committed to offering our employees the flexibility for hybrid working where role, tasks and location allow,” UBS said. “Hybrid work options will be introduced on a country-by-country basis, with timing dependent on the local pandemic [...]
The hybrid working gap: The young, broke and single prefer the office May 24, 2021 Older workers are more likely to prefer hybrid working models than younger people. Half of employees aged 18 to 24-years-old want to return to the office full time, compared to just 29 per cent of over 55s, according to a survey carried out by Totem, an employee engagement and culture app The survey showed that 66 [...]
UK firms set to slash office space in pivot to hybrid work June 3, 2021 UK firms appear ready to take the leap to hybrid working despite being unconvinced by the productivity benefits, new research today suggests. Data from PwC shows that major employers are set to reduce their office portfolio by up to 9m square feet, equivalent to 14 Walkie Talkie buildings, due to the pandemic. Of the 258 [...]
Square Mile’s largest employers embrace hybrid working, the details May 8, 2021 The majority of the largest employers in the City of London have vowed to continue with some sort of hybrid approach to working, after pandemic-led restrictions forced the biggest home working experiment in history. With Covid-19 cases falling and millions of people successfully vaccinated, staff are trickling back into London’s offices, and companies are turning [...]
Government task force to examine hybrid working post-pandemic April 27, 2021 Ministers have formed a task force to draw up advice on flexible working, as Covid-19 restrictions ease and attention turns to the role of the office post-pandemic. Twenty business groups and trade unions will meet today to begin a review of hybrid working, the Times first reported. The group will be asked to consider how [...]
Exclusive: IWG founder and office veteran Mark Dixon on why hybrid working is the new normal July 28, 2021 Office space giant IWG swung to a £650m loss last year due to the impact of coronavirus on working habits, it announced earlier this year. However, founder and CEO Mark Dixon has full confidence in the future of London’s offices, as he sits down with City A.M. for an exclusive interview. Dixon said his company [...]
Office politics: Hybrid working will make WFH look like a walk in the park June 1, 2021 The pandemic has disrupted society on every level. For the world of business, the first national lockdown brought about seismic changes, as entire offices were sent home and IT systems were overhauled within the space of a week or two. But incredibly, this rapid shift to home working was the easy part of the journey [...]
KPMG staff to leave early in the summer as firm embraces hybrid working May 5, 2021 Staff at KPMG will be able to leave early one day a week during the summertime, as the Big Four firm moves to hybrid working post-pandemic. The Big Four firm has finalised its plans for flexible working in a post-pandemic world. KPMG staff will spend on average just two days a week in the office [...]
IBM UK CEO: Accept the future of hybrid working and look at what needs to be done to retain company culture August 25, 2021 The measures taken to minimise the impact of the pandemic have upended some long-held certainties; none more widespread than the move to remote working. What was initially seen as a stopgap measure to maintain business continuity during lockdowns has quickly become an established part of the daily routine for employees. Digitisation is changing everything around [...]