With Covid having permanently changed many people’s working lives, experts suggest ways to improve flexible arrangements
Almost three years have passed since the first “work from home” mandate was introduced – and many people’s working lives have never been the same since. Some employees have never returned to a physical office, while others are adjusting to hybrid working. So what lessons can recent research teach us about how to make flexible arrangements work better?Many companies are still fixated on the number of days that employees should be in the office, with blanket policies for all staff.
Focused creative tasks are the easiest to transition to virtual work, because they require little teamwork and are easily supported by technology, while collaborative creative tasks are the hardest because they require access to the collective “hive mind”. “If you are in that mode of work, then maybe it is appropriate you should have more time in the office, whereas if you’re doing individual focused work, the balance may be more weighted towards virtual working,” Trevor said.
Hybrid working also creates new sources of stress, such as remembering to bring crucial documents or equipment into the office, and not having a straightforward daily routine. Also, while working from home removes the stress of the daily commute, work days can be more intense. “Remote working is often a highly productive way of working,’ said Prof Christine Grant, an occupational psychologist at the University of Coventry’s Centre for Healthcare Research.
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