The number of ‘hybrid working’ positions, where employees split their time between a workplace and working from home, is continuing to grow, according to GlobalData.
The data and analytics company notes that job postings featuring the key word ‘hybrid working’ increased by 31% in Q1 2022, compared to Q4 2021, while ‘remote working’ and ‘work from home’ options are waning.
This finding is part of research for GlobalData’s latest report, ‘Global Hiring Activity – Trends & Signals Q2 2022’, for which GlobalData reviewed job postings for around 4,400 companies for key words related to ‘hybrid working’. The research identified that ‘remote’ jobs*, declined by 11% and ‘work from home’* positions declined by 13%.
Sherla Sriprada, Business Fundamentals Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “As pandemic restrictions ease, the hybrid work model seems to be trending while ‘remote’ and ‘work from home’ options are waning. Hybrid work is becoming the new norm in the post-pandemic world. Flexible work arrangements are increasingly important to an organization’s efforts for retaining and recruiting employees.”
Gary Barton, Technology Analyst at GlobalData, commented: “The nature of ‘work’ has fundamentally changed over the last few years as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased adoption of cloud services. It will continue to evolve as younger generations enter the workplace and employee expectations change. GlobalData’s research from December 2021 indicates that only 30% of employees want to return to full-time, in-office employment, versus 48% who want a hybrid working model and 22% who want to work from home permanently.
“As job vacancies begin to exceed availability, and the ‘war for talent’ intensifies, it may not be easy or advisable for businesses to mandate where and how employees work.”
A recent study by JLL found that hybrid and remote working will be crucial to attracting and retaining staff moving into the future.
A number of property companies are rethinking the office layout so that they can accommodate hybrid working in the long-term in a bid to please staff moving forward.
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