Key Points
Working from the office, home or in the hybrid mode leaders at various organisations have for months been pondering over the best choice for their companies...
Some return-to-office mandates had led to the rise of terms such as coffee badging and office peacocking, which we had discussed recently..
However, at home, the unavailability of a good working environment due to distractions, and the lack of visibility of employee performance urged the management to implement in-office mandates...
Therefore, companies will have to carefully consider policies to accommodate the employees and reconsider the messaging they are conveying by bringing back the workforce to the office..
The onus is on the employers to build a work model that combines both in-office working days and work-from-home days to strike a balance between business goals and employee needs..
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