Indians prefer balance between WFH and Office
A small fraction of 10 per cent of the employees, who were studied for the survey, expressed that they would rarely or never want to return to offices
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New Delhi: AMIDST shifting work culture, Work from Home (WFH) has become the new normal in India as more employees are preferring to restrict working from office to a minimum. A recent study has found out that 73 percent of the employees in India find working from home as equally or more productive compared to office-based working.
The study conducted by IndiQube, on assessing the impact of work from home, states that 66 per cent of the employees would prefer to work from offices up to 3 days per week after getting vaccinated. Of these, 53 per cent prefer working from the office 2-3 days per week and 13 per cent prefer to work from the office once a week.
A small fraction of 10 per cent of the employees, who were studied for the survey, expressed that they would rarely or never want to return to offices.
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An analysis of this strongly indicates an anticipated need for businesses to accommodate working from home as a part of their future office strategy
"An analysis of this strongly indicates an anticipated need for businesses to accommodate working from home as a part of their future office strategy," the report suggested.
The survey also reported that extended work hours may pose as a disadvantage of WFH. A total of 47 per cent of the respondents agreed that WFH has extended their working hours including frequent meetings per day, more emails, and long workdays.
As many as 28 per cent of employees, often with young kids and or those staying in joint families, believe that juggling home and office tasks has been a major disadvantage while working from home.
71 per cent of the participants, as per the study, said that they would prefer a hybrid model of working style that would enable them to take the benefits of both work from home and the office.
"With more productivity, a lesser number of in-office workdays, switching off the exhaustion from the daily commute, and thus saving time, WFH along with an office-based working style can be well anticipated and foreseen," the study states.
