EDITOR ’ S QUESTION

• Sixty-two percent of organisations have implemented a RTO policy in the last two years .

• Where an RTO policy has been implemented , 9 % of knowledge workers have been asked to return to office for one day a week , 21 % have been asked to return two days a week , 17 % for three days a week , 5 % for four days a week and 10 % for the full working week .

• Yet , some knowledge workers are unhappy with this situation and dislike being ‘ told ’ where and when they must work . Thirty-five percent resent being told they have to go into the office for a set number of days , and 33 % resent being told on which days they must go into the office .

Starting below with Angela Hountalas , Chief People Officer at Apply Digital , four experts answer the question , what is your view on hybrid working and / or working from home ?

technologies and proven processes in place to make it work seamlessly .

In our experience , hybrid working is as productive as the traditional nine-to-five in the office . What ’ s most important is the flexibility this model offers and it is greatly valued by our employees , contributing to their performance and wellbeing in a very positive way .

We also give people the option to work away from their permanent address for up to eight weeks per year , so long as they can work in the time zone of their immediate team .

We want everyone to get the most out of the time spent together in-person , so we have dedicated experience coordinators in our People and Culture team who put on events each week and enable teams to meet in the office for planning , knowledge sharing and social time . When we need to tackle strategy and other big topics , we bring people together for team summits , which typically last two to three days . Our goal is to foster a positive , productive and connected work environment for our people to thrive .

Apply Digital was hybrid before the pandemic and for a very good reason . Much of what we do is very specialised , and we had to be open and flexible to attract the best talent . We have colleagues who prefer to spend some or all of their work week in our offices , while others are fully remote – in other cities , or even countries .

Angela Hountalas , Chief People Officer , Apply Digital

IN OUR EXPERIENCE , HYBRID WORKING IS AS PRODUCTIVE AS THE TRADITIONAL NINE-TO-FIVE IN THE OFFICE .

This means we often have team members working on projects from multiple locations , but we have been doing this long enough to have excellent collaboration

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