‘Employees Embrace Hybrid Work, Employers Struggle'

New data from a Microsoft study has shown that while employees have embraced flexible work and its benefits, employers still find it hard to accept that hybrid work can still yield the same pre-pandemic productivity levels. “What is clear is that thriving employees are what will give organisations a competitive advantage in today's dynamic economic environment. Creating a culture and employee experience that meets the needs of today's digitally connected, distributed workforce requires a new approach,” said Satya Nadella, chairperson and CEO of Microsoft. The results, which came out from a Microsoft survey among 20,000 people in 11 countries and an analysis of trillions of Microsoft 365 productivity signals, point to three main actions that employers need to take, namely, end productivity paranoia, embrace the fact that people come to work for each other and to re-recruit one's employees. End productivity paranoia Eighty-five per cent of company leaders said the shift