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SURVEY: Just one third of Workers to Return to the Office Full-time Post-Covid

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According to the Sigmar/AON Pulse Report on the future of work post-Covid, just 34% of workers will be returning to the office on a full-time basis once Covid restrictions are permanently lifted. 22% of employees are expected to work full-time remotely with the remaining 44% to work hybrid between home and the office. Of this hybrid cohort, 92% will spend three days or less in the office.

 

The Sigmar/AON survey  polled 253 companies in Ireland to get insight into the future of work practices post-Covid.

Commenting on the findings Talent Summit founder and Sigmar chief commercial officer Robert Mac Giolla Phádraig says: 

“Recent speculation about the future of work has seen a division in thought between commentators and experts regarding the role the office will play in working practices post-Covid. With this poll, we have real insight into how employers are planning for the world of work once restrictions are lifted. The reality is that two thirds of Ireland’s workforce will see permanent changes in their work practices. That is a massive shift that affects the majority of us.”  

 

Remote Working to Spark a Global War for Talent

The Sigmar/ AON survey finds that 22% of employees will work full-time remotely.

Says Mac Giolla Phádraig: 

“Remote work is the emerging front of a world war for talent, being fought virtually and our remote workers the spoils of this war.

“Ireland is globally recognised as an epicentre of highly skilled and educated workers, making this cohort of employees an attractive proposition for employers from around the world.

“There is now global competition for local talent, requiring an arsenal of new methods and systems to compete, as it’s more about hearts and minds than before.

“International competition of this cohort of workers will be fierce, effectively opening up a whole world in which 22% of our workforce can work.”

 

The Future is Hybrid

44% of Ireland’s workforce will work hybrid between office and home.  92% will work three or less days in the office.

The reality is that many of us will work hybrid between the office and home. Last year we were challenged by the forced dislocation of the workforce from the workplace. This year, however, we will choose how, by whom and where work gets done, which requires deep consideration as we re-architect work over the coming months. This is a critical moment in time for the next generation of work. Says Mac Giolla Phádraig: “

 

“According to this survey the future is hybrid.”