{"id":463,"date":"2021-06-06T18:20:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T12:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.remotebharat.com\/resources\/?p=463"},"modified":"2021-06-06T18:20:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T12:50:46","slug":"the-hybrid-work-paradox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.remotebharat.com\/resources\/the-hybrid-work-paradox\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hybrid Work Paradox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As I meet with leaders across industries, it\u2019s clear there is no single standard or blueprint for hybrid work. Every organization\u2019s approach will need to be different to meet the unique needs of their people. According to our research<\/a>, the vast majority of employees say they want more flexible remote work options, but at the same time also<\/em> say they want more in-person collaboration, post-pandemic. This is the hybrid work paradox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We see the same anomalies when it comes to in-person attendance at our own worksites across the world as regions begin to recover from the pandemic. In China, for example, 81 percent of our employees are going back to the worksite three-plus days per week, compared with pre-pandemic attendance, while in Australia, in-person attendance is just 19 percent of what it was pre-pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hybrid work represents the biggest shift to how we work in our generation. And it will require a new operating model, spanning people, places, and processes. Today, we published a playbook<\/a> sharing some of what we\u2019ve learned to date, including data, research, and best practices designed to help organizations navigate these evolving work norms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some highlights.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

People<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to preparing our employees for hybrid work<\/a>, we are prioritizing three things: social capital, knowledge capital, and human capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On social capital, every business must be world class at all forms of synchronous and asynchronous communications, to sustain culture across the organization. In fact, at Microsoft, meeting recordings are the fastest-growing content type. Employees now expect all meeting information \u2014 whether that\u2019s recordings, transcripts, or highlights \u2014 to be available on demand, and on double speed, at a time that works for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We must also maintain everyday connections between employees, as well as between employees, their managers, and the company at large. It\u2019s why with our employee experience cloud\u00a0Microsoft Viva<\/a>, for example, we\u2019re bringing together one-to-one and one-to-many communications to keep everyone engaged and informed and maintain that connection between employees and the company and its mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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