What will happen to remote work in 2021?

Tech leaders spoke out about how the data showed these fun new environments actually breeding collaboration, efficiency and innovation. Salesforce’s announcement on their company blog reads like a manifesto for a brave new era of work. The messaging is strong and clear – to Salesforce, the “9-5 workday is dead”.

Every day Ingeus’ teams across the UK help people improve their employment prospects, skills, and overall wellbeing. And, with many still feeling the ongoing effects on the pandemic, its services have never been more in demand. The shift to remote work has presented both challenge and opportunity, and business leaders are looking for more permanent strategies to boost employee productivity. To walk the high wire of cost, quality, and customer experience, IT leaders need to eliminate silos, facilitate collaboration, and provide intelligent self-service. And they need to do this in a secure, reliable, grounded way that supports the unique requirements of remote agents. Bring business communication, collaboration, contact centre, and AI assisted self-service together, and you can effectively operate from anywhere and ensure long-term business survival. In the midst of a global crisis, the stakes are even higher, and businesses recognise this.

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This suggests an otherwise hidden discrepancy in pay between in-office and remote roles. Remote work during the pandemic provided some people with their first taste of better work-life balance, and unprecedented time to spend with their families or hobbies. According to data shared by global job site Indeed, searches for remote work have increased by more than 500 per cent since February 2020. And job postings mentioning remote work have increased by 180 per cent, now totalling ten per cent of job posts on the site. Coinbase has made remote working a permanent arrangement for their employees. The business giant stated that over a third of its 59,300 UK full-time employees would continue to work from home.

Remote workers will spend money on improving their home and tailoring their home for work. Their circle of friends will change from fellow employees to people within their community. There are also Slack channels for interest groups about movies, music, fun group conversations, and more so that the social aspects are not neglected. In this way, we maintain a sense of cohesion, even when everyone is working from home. As a result of the pandemic, a #corona slack channel and a #workingremotely channel were opened up for those interested in sharing information and commiserating. Here at Valamis, we have begun virtual coffee breaks and had the opportunity to invite our CEO.

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When businesses were forced to close their offices in March 2020, the Soundstripe team was well prepared for the changes, as it had already been planning a transition to remote working. KPMG is a worldwide professional services provider covering areas including tax, legal, audit and advisory. It has a presence in 147 territories worldwide, with a total member workforce of around 220,000 people. In the year ending September 2020, KPMG UK posted annual revenues of £2.3 billion. A large portion of companies are keeping quiet about their plans, says Chris Herd, CEO of remote work platform Firstbase, because there’s a competitive advantage to do so. “They need to be public about this.” And the giants that have committed to an office return have seen immediate push back.

• CEO Rich Barton declared Zillow’s temporary work from home plans in April 2020.
• Working from home doesn’t suit everyone – working from home might not be suited to everyone’s personality or ability.
• “As employers we are all having to face the fact that we are having to recruit people in a job market where that is increasingly part of the work-life balance,”Bailey said.

The main problem with remote work as the world has experienced it this year, was not that it was remote, but that it was remote without choice, for everyone, everywhere. When telework is an imperative, it suddenly feels more stifling than conducive to productivity. Office spaces may permanently remote companies be downsized, and hotdesking may take the place of assigned seating. At home, employees may be given a budget to create a bespoke ergonomic workspace, optimized for their personal productivity. Hybrid work demands each setting – home or office – is optimized for employee experience.

What Will Long-term Remote Work Look Like?

With Salesforce’s announcement, it seems increasingly likely that we are witnessing a shift towards remote work options becoming a permanent norm. This isn’t just the realm of large tech corporations either – smaller organisations can also reap the productivity benefits of remote work options when they carefully adapt their approach and bring the right support onboard.

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