{"id":31965,"date":"2022-05-12T03:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=31965"},"modified":"2022-05-12T06:56:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T13:56:29","slug":"new-ways-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/new-ways-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ways to Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As workers migrate back to their offices, they\u2019ll enter an environment that\u2019s dramatically more accepting of nontraditional working arrangements than before the pandemic. Most industry observers agree that openness to flexible work arrangements among employers will be the norm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A survey by video messaging platform Loom that found that 90% of workers and managers are happier with the increased freedom they now have to work from home. LinkedIn reports that 1 in 67 U.S. jobs offered a remote work option in March 2020; today, that number is about 1 in 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/rsz_1adobestock_287591584.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31495\" width=\"256\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/rsz_1adobestock_287591584.jpg 1334w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/rsz_1adobestock_287591584.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/rsz_1adobestock_287591584.jpg?w=400 400w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/rsz_1adobestock_287591584.jpg?w=500 500w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/rsz_1adobestock_287591584.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/rsz_1adobestock_287591584.jpg?w=720 720w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/rsz_1adobestock_287591584.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/rsz_1adobestock_287591584.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/rsz_1adobestock_287591584.jpg?w=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few of the trends workers might encounter when \u2013 or if \u2013 they return to the office:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Hybrid here to stay.<\/strong> Harvard Business Review reported in January that more than 90% of employers plan to adopt a hybrid working model in 2022. \u201cIn the U.S., employees expect flexibility within their job as much as they expect a 401(k). Employers that don\u2019t offer flexibility will see increased turnover as employees move to roles that offer a value proposition that better aligns with their desires,\u201d according to HBR contributors Brian Kropp and Emily Rose McRae of the Gartner HR Practice. \u201cThere\u2019s no one-size-fits-all approach: Experiment with \u2018Team Tuesdays\u2019 or in-person office hours between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m., two days a week. Consider quarterly off-sites that bring far-flung teammates together regularly,\u201d suggests Microsoft in its <em>Work Trend Index 2022<\/em> survey report.<\/li><li><strong>Growth in AI and automation.<\/strong> The World Economic Forum predicts that artificial intelligence and automation will spark the creation of 97 million new jobs by 2025. AI will affect many existing jobs as well, by automating managerial tasks such as approving expense reports and monitoring direct reports\u2019 completion of tasks and letting workers focus on areas requiring creativity, imagination and high-level strategy. Research by Harvard Business Review suggests that up to 65% of a manager\u2019s tasks could be automated by 2025. Other areas ripe for AI including retail store inventory planning and consumer demand, marketing campaigns and manufacturing equipment maintenance.<\/li><li><strong>Safety through tech.<\/strong> Safety and security features installed to limit the number of surfaces building occupants need to touch, such as automated light switches and voice recognition, are3 likely to outlast the pandemic.<\/li><li><strong>The metaverse frontier.<\/strong> Future meetings could happen in the \u201cmetaverse,\u201d a network of 3D virtual worlds powered by leading social media and software giants like Facebook, Apple and Microsoft. \u201cLeaders need to consider how emerging technologies like the metaverse and AI can augment collaboration and facilitate co-creation and creativity in a distributed work world,\u201d according to <em>Work Trend Index<\/em>.<\/li><li><strong>Focus on skills over roles.<\/strong> Skills address solving problems as the key to driving innovation and success, whereas roles describe how individuals relate to an overall organizational structure. For workers, Forbes notes, \u201cfocusing on developing their skills, rather than further developing their abilities to carry out their role, leaves them better positioned to capitalize on new career opportunities.\u201d<\/li><li><strong>Employee well-being at the forefront.<\/strong> Research by Harvard Business Review indicates that some employees responded to remote work by increasing physical activity and losing weight, while others became increasingly sedentary and gained weight. HBR predicts that organizations will adopt new well-being measures that capture the financial, mental and physical health of their employees to more accurately predict performance and retention. The challenge for employers, Forbes says, is \u201cfinding ways to do this that hit objectives without being overly intrusive or invasive of employees\u2019 privacy and personal lives.\u201d<\/li><li><strong>Fairness and equity as defining issues.<\/strong> According to a Harvard Business Review analysis of S&amp;P 500 earnings calls, the frequency with which CEOs talk about issues of equity, fairness and inclusion on these calls has increased by 658% since 2018.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>See how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/coronavirus\/\">Yardi solutions and services<\/a> facilitate business continuity, safety and productivity for remote work environments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As workers migrate back to their offices, they\u2019ll enter an environment that\u2019s dramatically more accepting of nontraditional working arrangements than before the pandemic. 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