The employees of thousands of companies will not be required, as in the spring, to telework without interruption.
On the other hand, they are encouraged to do so two to three days a week, if possible.
These are the main recommendations of the President of the Republic, Wednesday evening, in terms of professional activity.
Emmanuel Macron wants a framework that is as pragmatic as possible, through negotiations in the branches and
"as close as possible to the company."
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The managers will not have been surprised.
For several days now, they have not spoken for a single moment of bringing back face-to-face teams within a scheduled time.
There are those who affirm that employees have the choice, between teleworking or coming to the office, there are also those who point to the decrease in the number of staff present: from 75% on average at the end of September, we are now approaching 50 %.
There are still those, even if they are rarer, who bring together employees just two days a month, just to maintain social ties.
Go green
At the start of the school year, the most common idea among managers was to grant one or two days of remote work per week.
The door is now open for three or four days.
The discourse is well established, according to which the lessons of spring have been learned: not only the IT equipment has been optimized but above all a psychological support for employees is planned, to avoid this excess of work that teleworking sometimes induces.
This boom in digital transformation is a reality.
"
The confinement allowed many managers to realize that their company was lagging behind digitally
," explains Albane Prieto, director of permanent recruitment at the specialist in human resources consulting Robert Half, who also points out that before the the rise of the pandemic,
"a large number of companies were unaware that remote work was such an effective lever to maintain activity"
.
As a result, recruitment procedures are carried out entirely remotely, some positions have been redesigned with a view to geographical distancing.
Be careful, however, that everyone is housed in the same boat.
for such a device to be both credible and legitimate, there must be no gray areas
The consultant Sarah Heckmann
In several companies, some executives are already talking about going back to green, for those who are lucky enough to be able to work from a second home.
"Be careful, however, that everyone is housed in the same boat,
warns consultant Sarah Heckmann
, for such a device to be both credible and legitimate, there must be no gray area. . "
Seven months have already passed since the general confinement in mid-March, but many employees hold a strong grudge against officials who protected themselves while they remained on the front line.