Hybrid Work Model

In the present, hybrid working has become a new norm. Lot of organizations has decided that hybrid working is the way to go forward. Going hybrid has become a trend in last two years. There are several exemplary organizations who went hybrid in the world and in the country as well. A lot of hybrid companies that show how they have moved to a hybrid work model in an open and transparent way. In this topic, organizations who went hybrid in the world and inside Sri Lanka and the takeaways from those stories are explained. The world famous IT Company Microsoft has decided on October 2020 to execute a unique hybrid work model. From October 2020, Microsoft has declared regarding following the Unique Hybrid work model which consists of more 50% remote work and less time in office where permission from management is not required. If few employees want to work 50% remote and 50% in office then permission from management is necessary.  Those employees who permanently wants to work remotely...

Challenges and obstacles are a constant in this world. Every solution arises another problem and we keep solving the problems one by one. That is called life. Same as the normal office working and remote working, the employees who are adapted or adapting to the new norm of hybrid working are facing new challenges day by day and also they will face very different challenges within the time being. If something is there or some activities are happening for a long period, people earn lot of experience in that certain thing or the activity. Let’s take the pen as an example. It is here for a long time and lot of people know how to use it and got experience with the pen. There are lot of references to learn about the pen. But the hybrid work model is a brand new concept that everyone is still learning the concept. Because of that learn from others experience can be problematic. So in this topic, challenges around hybrid work model and the ways to overcome will be talked about. Communication...

Hybrid work is a great concept but the mental health of the employees with time being is starting to take damages. We all can agree that hybrid work helps to flexible your work and life. Flexibility also give you a certain level of mental freedom as well. But it is possible that the hybrid working also creates a middle ground of disconnection. According to a research, only 22% of frontline workers report feeling connected to others (Murphy & Herring, 2019). Human is a social animal and being alone can be painful. It is possible to feel tired eventually even though you are love to be alone. Hybrid work has good impact on mental health as well as negative impact. Positive impact on the mental health of hybrid working and how to overcome the negatives on individually, managerially and from the perspective of the company are described in this topic. Positive Impact on the Mental Health Without an argument, flexible work hours have a great amount of positive impact on the employee...

From the pre-pandamic to post-pandamic era and from the post-pandamic to economical crisis times, working environments went through huge changes rapidly. Office working to Remote working and back to office working, then going again to remote work and now the new hybrid working, workforce had to go through massive adjustments in their work and lives. Managing the human resource in these times were harder than ever before. Not only that, these adapting procedures must be smoother and employee-friendly as well. For a proper switching of the workplace to a hybrid working environment, there are few steps that had been used and will be helpful in the future. Identified common steps of proper implementation procedures of hybrid module are described under this topic. The effective implementation of a hybrid working model will be greatly influenced by how you communicate inside your organization and between teams. The best option is to adopt a form of asynchronous communication, which will al...

The hybrid work model can take different forms depending on the organization and the type of work being done. Hybrid workplace is still a new and a rapidly developing concept. Because of that there are many definitions about the types of Hybrid Work model and in the future, there will be more varieties of hybrid model concepts. Lenka (2021) states about three types of hybrid work model. First one is Remote first model . In this model, the majority of employees, along with the leadership team, would typically work remotely. However, if there was an urgent need for physical presence, a few employees could handle it one or two days per month. The office space would be physically present, and anyone wishing to use it for official purposes could do so, though not frequently, only when necessary. Companies like Dropbox and Quora use the remote first strategy. Quora CEO D’Angelo (2020) states that their company would be following remote first model where employees are supposed to remote w...

Situation after the pandemic made one thing clear about the global workforce. They want flexibility on how and where do they want to work. This environment made companies listen to that and find solutions.  According to a Salesforce survey (2020), at least 64% of workers like the idea of working from outside the office occasionally. Another 37% want to continue full-time work from home after the pandemic. It shows that everyone is not convinced that hybrid is the way to go. Here are some benefits and drawbacks of a modern hybrid workplace. Benefits of Hybrid Work Model It goes without overstating that the traditional system of work is not, after all, the most effective of all. Remote work arrangement is seen to be effective, and so far, many have been further convinced through the reality of the new normal that exists today. Now, because both systems have been tried and properly tested, it is seen by going a step further that having a fusion of both systems works (Iqbal & Kha...