{"id":69981,"date":"2021-09-06T04:32:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T04:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/?p=69981"},"modified":"2026-01-13T04:43:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:43:04","slug":"future-of-work-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/future-of-work-hybrid\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future Of Work Is Hybrid"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 5<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

When the pandemic hit, Pat got anxious about working from home. But after several months of the remote experience \u2014 including a month spent in Byron Bay on a \u201cworkcation\u201d, Pat is now loathing the return to the physical and far less flexible work environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan, on the other hand, is more than ready to return to her Sydney CBD workplace.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Months of isolation \u2014 despite what seemed like non-stop Zoom meetings \u2014 has diminished Jan\u2019s productivity and interest in work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan craves in-person interactions with colleagues, casual gatherings in the hallway, lunches, and happy hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pat and Jan represent the polar opposite feelings that employees have about remote work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those feelings run the gamut from “loving it” to “hating it”, making it challenging for organisations to decide on how exactly their work environment will look like post-pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While telecommuting has been in place for decades, prior to the pandemic, it was generally considered a last resort \u2014 certainly not a go-to model for workplace staffing.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

That has changed dramatically over the past several months, as employers of all sizes were forced to switch to a fully remote – or partially remote (hybrid)<\/a> – work environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They discovered en masse that not only was it possible for technical, management and executive roles to be performed remotely, but that, in many respects, it was even preferable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Related Article: Best Work From Home Jobs In Australia<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hybrid Workplace Is Here To Stay.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In fact, experts predict that after the pandemic is no longer a significant health concern, many employers and employees will continue to use some form of hybrid work model<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s true even for national security workers, according to the Government Executive<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McKinsey research<\/a> based on input from C-suite executives indicates that about three-quarters believe employees will return to the physical workplace at least three days a week leaving a hybrid model firmly in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Layer onto this an emerging sentiment among employees<\/a> indicating they, by and large, do not wish to return to their physical work settings, and would even leave an employer if that was required, and chances are the prevalence of hybrid work is likely to be even greater than currently believed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This combination of on- and off-site work for some or all of the time is referred to as hybrid work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What Is Hybrid Work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hybrid work, simply, is work that is done in some combination of in the actual work setting and in a remote setting, generally from an employee\u2019s home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In practice, though, the concept is far from simple and is varied. In some companies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n