The pandemic has changed the workplace, so how can businesses adjust to help their employees?
The pandemic’s tectonic shift in the workplace — making anywhere an office for most workers — has also given way to a change in mentality by employees. Kate Lister, president of Global Workplace Analytics, a San Diego firm that specializes in hybrid workplace strategies says employees are prioritizing their personal lives over their work lives.
In the current labor market, workers are in the driver’s seat, and they want flexibility said Lister, who has been advising businesses with 1,000 employees or more for many years before the pandemic elevated teleworking. But, for working parents with young kids the flexible workplace has still proven to be difficult. Here are three ways she suggests businesses can support parents and their families in a hybrid workplace:Traditionally, businesses haven’t really supported parents well, Lister said. So, larger companies are having to rethink as they want more people to come back to the office.
“It’s not one size fits all in terms of flexibility,” she said. “As companies are requiring that their people come to the office on certain days, that gives it a little bit more predictability. But as far as I’m concerned, that’s not realistic.”With this in mind, one of the biggest things that employers can do to help working parents is give them time, she said.
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