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Home office is no longer easily possible in every company.
A human resources expert warns of high follow-up costs due to severe restrictions.
Frankfurt – More and more employees are returning to the office from their home office: in a survey from the end of January, almost a third of those surveyed said that they had been asked by the company to return to the office workplace.
A study from the USA shows that two groups of people in particular do not want to support this trend: they are the so-called high performers, and above all: women.
These two groups tend to be more likely to consider leaving the company if there are strict rules for returning to the office.
About the study:
Between May and June 2023, Gartner surveyed 2,080 knowledge workers using a questionnaire about job satisfaction.
Gartner provides IT market research and is headquartered in the United States.
Read the entire study here.
Eleven percent of women without a home office are less willing to stay in the company
According to the study, the willingness to stay in a company decreases if the employer demands a return to the office.
For top employees, the so-called high performers, strict rules are obviously associated with one thing: low trust, strong control.
It was also noticed that eleven percent of all women surveyed were less willing to stay in the company if they had to go back to the office.
You would therefore combine the home office with more flexibility in relation to the family and lower care costs for children.
After the pandemic, ECB President Christine Lagarde warned that women should not use the benefits - or double burden - of working from home more often than men.
The author of the study warns companies against taking measures that are too strict
Caitlin Duffy, HR expert at Gartner, therefore warns against measures that are too strict.
These “can result in very high costs for attracting and retaining talent.”
This applies “particularly to high performers, women and millennials – three employee groups who place great value on flexibility.” And she says: “Often these costs far outweigh the moderate benefits for employee commitment and effort.”
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Of all people, the founder of Slack, an online collaboration tool, wants the office back, as he said in
Brandeins
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The social capital of employees and direct exchange are extremely important for companies.
At the same time, companies must also enable undisturbed work during face-to-face working hours.
For Ifo researcher Simon Krause, it is clear that hybrid working models are best from a company perspective.
So: Clear regulations that enable collaboration, while at the same time providing freedom and trust in the employees.
Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) assumes that the right to work from home could even help combat the shortage of skilled workers: Habeck wants to have the right to work from home examined.