Boon for Companies With the Right Policies
However, there are companies who are happy to maintain flexibility and they are enjoying a raft of talent banging on their door.
The survey revealed that 71% of the employers they interviewed were enacting remote policies when expanding their global workforce, and 25% had agreed to hybrid-working set ups.
They also said that these policies were having a positive impact, including almost 37% reporting higher productivity levels. Nearly 40% of hiring executives added that their flexible policies had positively impacted the work/life balance enjoyed by their employees. Increased employee engagement and reduced absenteeism were also flagged.
