The workplace, the space where employees carry out their work, is changing to conform to new work trends. The traditional vision of the office is changing to take on very different dimensions in these times.
Flexible work was already a practice of large corporations, but with the pandemic they quickly moved to telework. Now hybrid working is becoming the norm, as will be seen in this article.
New workplace trends: myth or reality?
New trends are taking shape in the workplace. Nowadays being in the office for the entire work day is not the norm but the exception. Flexible work allows employees to perform their tasks anywhere.
The hybrid model, which combines face-to-face and virtual work, is also becoming more common and generally increases employee satisfaction. However, it means that offices once full of people are now semi-deserted.
It is now easier to integrate work and personal life. Technology makes this a reality.
Telework is quickly becoming a reality. We must rethink the office, ensuring that we use our space in a cost-effective way and look out for employees' well-being.
Hybrid work and organizational development
Hybrid work, which became widespread as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, will continue. A Cisco survey, "The Rise of the Hybrid Workplace," projects that six of every ten employees will continue to work in this way.
Measuring efficiency by achievement of objectives rather than by presence in the workplace is a significant change. Managers and supervisors will need strategies to make it work.
Sharing the workplace: the new notion of office space
This notion changes an organization's development. It makes no sense to keep office space that's vacant for days at a time, especially when our post-pandemic reality demands careful management of in-person work and social distancing.
When a worker comes to the office, he or she is assigned a spaceor reserves it as needed. Otherwise the is available for use by others. Thus workstations or rooms in the office are shared.
A management revolution: how to manage the workplace
The shared workplace is a revolution in space management. Employees will most often work from wherever they happen to be. But when they come to the office, spaces are assigned to them.
Technological tools to create a map of the office and assign individual spaces at particular times create a coworking model, an ideal system in our present context.
Flexible work is here to stay
Before the pandemic, many companies had already adopted flexible work plans. This allowed some employees to work remotely while fulfilling other obligations such as caring for children or other family members.
Cisco's survey reveals that only 9% of workers will be expected to work full-time in the office. Flexible work is thus here to stay. This also increases job satisfaction by balancing employees' work and personal lives.
How is technology responding to new work patterns?
Human resources departments now have workplace management added to their already long list of tasks. The distribution of office space also changes every day depending on employees' schedules.
Technology makes it easier for HR teams to manage the workplace.
This can be a real headache. The good news is that there is software to hlp manage these new work patterns. These tools allow workers to request a workstation or be assigned one.
In this way, the tool helps show:
- Which spaces are occupied and which are available.
- Who is in each space.
- The time slot in which the spaces will be in use.
- When they will be available.
- Generate automatic alerts so that office space is cleaned as soon as it becomes available.
Having the right technology thus enables good workplace management. It also contributes to organizational development by automating management and control processes.
Conclusion
In short, shared workplaces have changed how we think of office space. This transformation has shaken some companies. They have had to adjust their organizational development to a new reality.
Technology comes to the rescue with tools that make workplace management easier. Get to know Parso's workspace management tools, which make HR's job easier.
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