The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly reset major work trends around us. HR leaders recognize that the workplace is changing around them, which is why they have to rethink employee management, planning, experience and performance strategies for the better.
The pandemic has significantly disrupted the normal flow of operations in the corporate structure all over the world. It is important for managers to sit with HR teams and identify the possible trends that are expected to pop up during the coming period. Additionally, HR teams should also identify which of these trends require immediate attention from them, and which don’t.
Some of these trends are focused on improving the work experience for employees while others look to get the most productivity out of them. In this article we take a look at some of the most noticeable future work trends post COVID-19. Go through these trends and prepare your workplace for what’s to come.
Increase in Remote Work
A recent poll conducted by Gartner revealed that almost 50 percent of all employees want to work remotely once the pandemic is over. This number has significantly increased from the 30 percent it was before the pandemic. Business managers should consider this shift in perspective and evaluate their own readiness to implement a remote work strategy.
Expansion of Contingent Workers
Contingent workers such as freelancers, independent contractors and people in the gig economy will flourish in the corporate world post COVID-19. Organizations will introduce new job models that will transition into more flexible work instead of having a full team of workers in the workplace. Almost 32 percent of all organizations are thinking of replacing their full-time workers with contingent workers.
Humanization of Employees
The pandemic and the repercussions it has brought on us have made employers aware of their flawed management strategies. While organizations initially dehumanized employees and put them under tough working conditions with little support, they later realized the perils of such a strategy.
Employers are looking to adapt a humanized approach that factors for the crisis of the pandemic and treats employees as human workers that need some respite and support as well.
Designing for Resilience
For ages, organizations have been developing their business structure, hierarchy and corporate practices for efficiency in operations, but the recent pandemic has meant that these processes are now flawed, and organizations need to design for resilience more than ever. The impact of disruptions and the volatile nature of the business environment can be minimized through designs for resilience.
We at JS Benefits Group have worked with organizations to study some post-COVID trends. You can get in touch with JS Benefits Group to discuss and devise a strategy.
