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The hybrid work means people will have choices about where to work and, in many ways, the office has to work even harder to attract people and keep them coming back. In the post-epidemic era, many companies allow their employees to choose more flexible work style.

Here are some different types of hybrid work policies companies are using: 

• Hybrid at-will: Employees can choose which day(s) to come into the office
• Hybrid split-week: The company assigns specific days for on-site and remote work by team or function
• Hybrid manager-scheduling: Managers choose which day(s) their team comes into the office
• Hybrid mix: A combo of all three options

Do employees want the future of work to be hybrid?

According to  website “The Home Office Life”, 85 per cent of employees working from home during 2021, hoped for a hybrid approach, combining home and office in the future. The stage is set for change.

With so many people choose to work from both office and home, offices should also be changed to support the new realities.

So, what does a hybrid workplace look like? I summarize the following principles for your review.

• Balance Between Efficiency & Humanity

People often pay too much attention on efficiency but overlook humanity. Maybe you’re enjoying more freedom and feeling more productive when working from home. However, moderate interpersonal interaction is necessary.“A better vision for a workplace is a community — a place where people bond around shared values, feel valued as human beings, and have a voice in decisions that affect them,” says the author Adam Grant.

• Open & Privacy

Maybe it seems a little contradictory, but it’s the new trend in modern workplace. After working from home, more people become sensitive to the need of privacy, so places with appropriate privacy for individual heads down work or finding solitude and rejuvenation are needed.

•  Fixed to Fluid

This means the work space needing more flexibility and ergonomics. Change is constant in modern office, so staying flexible is the most important thing.

What are the benefits of hybrid working?

l It makes employees more efficient:With hybrid working, employees are more in control of their lives, and their physical and mental wellbeing. Happy employees are more productive, and deliver more to the business

l It saves company’s office costs: You’ll need less outlay office space utility bills, and employees save money on commuting costs and meals

l It helps to contribute a more flexible and humane office culture: offering hybrid working demonstrates that you have a flexible forward-thinking culture with trust at its heart