Only 32 percent Hybrid employees can decide on the workplace on their own

Only 32 percent Hybrid employees can decide on their own whether he will work at home or in a company on a given day – the Colliers Define reported on Thursday. IT specialists and business services have the greatest freedom, and the smallest office workers from the production industry.

As indicated by the data from the Colliers Define study, 44 percent He spends employees 4-5 days a week in the office.

Employees from the public sector (on average 4.1 days a week) and production (4 days a week), the least of the sectors: IT (about 2.3 days a week) and business services (approx. 2.7 days a week). Meanwhile – according to the study – respondents expect to reduce stationary work one day a week.

“This symbolic” minus one “, desired by employees from all sectors, reveals the tension between the implemented practice of the organization and the real needs of teams” – we read in the study from the report.

Increase in tension – as the authors of the study recognized – also causes limited autonomy, because only 32 percent. respondents can independently decide about the workplace on a given day. Most companies, however, are guided by procedures and organizational policies or leave to establish this issue at the team level. IT specialists and business services have the greatest freedomwhere over 40 percent people independently set their graphic designer, and the slightest impact on their own schedule of remote work is declared by office employees from the production industry. In this sector, only every fifth employee can freely shape his graphic designer, deciding when he works from the office and when from home.

“On the one hand, an increase in flexibility is less predictability and increased level of management challenges. On the other hand, stiff rules and permanent graphic designer may weaken the commitment and a sense of agency that translate into many aspects of the organization's functioning” – noted the partner and director of Colliers Define Dorota Osiecka.

The results of the report show that in industries where there is greater freedom in shaping their own work schedule, employees more appreciate the conditions that the company provides them. The most positive ratings were issued by employees of IT sectors and business services. They praise, among others: ergonomics of positions, access to daylight, air quality and additional spaces in the office, access to equipment, stable internet and company resources.

The public sector and customer service were at the other pole. Employees of these industries most often complain about the lack of ergonomic positions, limited access to company systems and insufficient technical equipment, which significantly hinders effective work.

On the other hand The area around the office and its location are the highest assessment of banking, insurance and investment employees (up to 90 percent of positive ratings), the lowest – production workers, where only 47 percent They are satisfied with the infrastructure around the office.

According to the authors of the report, the variety of approaches to hybrid work makes it There is no one universal model effective for all organizations.

“What works in one company can bring the opposite effect in another. So the crucial is an individual approach, based on an in -depth analysis of organizational culture, working conditions and the needs of the team” – it was written.

“On the one hand, the growing need for flexibility and autonomy is a clear signal that employees expect more influence on the manner and place of performance of their duties. On the other – companies must ensure the efficiency, consistency of organizational culture and the optimal use of office space” – summed up Dorota Osiecka.

The study was conducted at a sample of 1034 Polish office workers who met the following conditions: they performed mental and office work and cooperated permanently with one organization; They were able to work from the office, regardless of whether they used this opportunity or not; The trip to the company's office did not take them more than 90 minutes. (PAP)

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