The Future of Work: Hybrid Work Options Win Out

To work remotely or at the office? It’s no longer a question… and now it needn’t be either/or—it’s both/and. And your company’s success may depend on accommodating people’s preferences for workplace flexibility.

As to where they’d like to be based while fulfilling their professional duties, many workers are increasingly spoiled for choice. This is partly because when organizations need to retain and attract top drawer talent in a choppy HR environment, giving staff more options is key to ensuring loyalty and long-term workforce stability.

According to a recent Forbes magazine article about the benefits of hybrid working arrangements, almost three-quarters of employers now offer hybrid work arrangements to staff; and almost 70% of employees prefer hybrid work—compared to just under a third wanting to work full-time from home, and a minority preferring on-site work full-time.

It seems that the hybrid work model is here to stay—at least for the foreseeable future.

Besides a big shift to remote work options generally, hybrid workplace models are becoming more accepted and commonplace since the disruption of the COVID-19 Pandemic changed the way we live and work three years ago.

This is an acknowledgement of the enduring value of in-person interactions that spur collaboration, connection and creativity, despite people’s need and desire to have more agency and achieve a better work/life balance by being able to work remotely and virtually in the past few years.

Organizations that accommodate a hybrid work model place more emphasis on curated meetings and interpersonal contact, allowing for a middle ground between onsite and remote that fulfils both the need for flexibility, as well as for in-person interactions.

Interviewed in the Forbes article, David Roberson, President of RoseRyan—a ZRG Company that specializes in offering fractional, interim and on demand, outsourced Finance & Accounting and Marketing advisory and consulting services—says supporting hybrid work is essential to attracting and maintaining talent: “I see an openness to how companies view their version of the best talent,” observes Roberson

He adds: “I work very closely with staff who are in different time zones, and as long as I’m able to reach them, and we can meet occasionally at the same time and they get the job done, it doesn’t matter where they are located.”

RoseRyan went fully remote in 2021, a testament to the versatility and adaptability of the company’s outsourced consultants in being able to balance the unique professional demands of today’s rapidly-changing business environment.?

While remote work is an increasingly popular alternative for many, it is also clear that there is still a need to have the connections that in-person work affords. Hybrid workplaces offer that option, and this combined model may better suit your organization’s needs.

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