Most Indian employees now want to head back to office, feel work from home less enjoyable: Survey

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Most Indian employees now want to head back to office, feel work from home less enjoyable: Survey

The study found that only 15 per cent of employees, globally, want to continue to work from home full-time.

New Delhi: Work from home became less enjoyable for 77 per cent Indian respondents as lockdown extended, with 49 per cent missing office social life, according to a global survey by Barco, a visualization and collaboration solution provider.

The study – which surveyed 1,750 employees around the world (250 each from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, India and United Arab Emirates) found that only 15 per cent of employees, globally, want to continue to work from home full-time after COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

With work from home extending to over seven months now, one third of the workforce is keen on their organizations investing in innovative videoconferencing technology.

The survey results highlights the need for a hybrid workplace, with 77 per cent of Indian white-collar employees finding remote work less enjoyable, with 49 per cent missing office social life and feeling left out while working from home.

“Our new research depicts that the future of the workplace is not remote, but hybrid. While Indians value family time greatly, with 65 per cent of the respondents stating this as a major benefit of working from home, they are now ready to head back to office,” said Rajiv Bhalla, Managing Director, Barco Electronic Systems.

The study states that India is one of the countries with the  lowest desire to work from home in the future.

Employees are keen on a hybrid workplace model, where most of their time is spent in the office but they have the flexibility and freedom to work from home when it works best for them.

The study also revealed that most employees think the world is already returning to normalcy, post-COVID, with the number of remote-only meetings expected to drop significantly and hybrid meetings set to become the norm.

Indian employees are most keen to continue working in large offices (62 per cent) rather than moving to smaller ‘satellite’ offices once the COVID-19 threat has eased, with an 88 per cent of respondents wanting a designated desk to call their own. Indians also have the highest preference for formal meeting rooms (58 per cent).

“There is now a burning desire from employees to get back to normal, with the freedom, flexibility and facilities to adopt a better blend of home and office working,” said Lieven Bertier, Segment Marketing Director Workplace, Barco.

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