This report by Poly Company highlights that now more than six months into the pandemic, it's clear that flexible hybrid working locations are a part of our permanent new normal. With the initial wave of "remote-lite" strategies behind us, companies are focusing on a hybrid approach that provides the policies, technologies and services to support safely and securely working anywhere.
It’s important that businesses create the ‘next normal’ in work practices, cultures and spaces. In many cases, the adoption of remote working on a massive scale has demonstrated how employees can operate with the same (if not greater) efficiency and productivity, while achieving a better work-life balance.
Yet this dramatic change suddenly overruled many business policies on when and where employees work. It also brought challenges around maintaining company culture and supporting home workers.
The enforced changes triggered by the pandemic has led employees and employers to look at new ways of working.