“If you have a lot of in-person, large meetings, trainings, client sessions etcetera, you want a lot of time at work,” says Nicholas Bloom, professor of economics at Stanford University.
But the research, conducted by Professor Bloom, Ruobing Han –a former PhD student at Stanford – and James Liang, chairman of Trip.com Group, found attrition rates and the amount of leave taken fell substantially – by 35 per cent in the case of the former – for hybrid workers compared with those who worked full time in the office.A US survey by WFH Research conducted in May found that on average companies expected employees to work remotely 2.3 days a week.
WFH Research also found 82 per cent of US employees attended the office as often as requested by their companies. Nearly 45 per cent said their employer does not punish those who spent less time in the office than requested.Some companies have laid out hard and fast rules about when staff are required to be in the office. Others require little attendance.BlackmoresCEO of Optus Kelly Bayer Rosmarin says it’s harder to create or perpetuate talent through a remote environment.
“Since when has a great company being the sum of each individual ticking off their own to-do list? It’s actually about the innovation, the collaboration, the sparking of ideas, working on complex, multifaceted projects,” Ms Bayer Rosmarin says.