articleJournal of Systems and SoftwareOct 28, 2022HYBRID OA

Work-from-home is here to stay: Call for flexibility in post-pandemic work policies

Blekinge Institute of Technology · SINTEF · +2 more institutions

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Abstract

In early 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic forced employees in tech companies worldwide to abruptly transition from working in offices to working from their homes. During two years of predominantly working from home, employees and managers alike formed expectations about what post-pandemic working life should look like. Many companies are experimenting with new work policies that balance employee- and manager expectations regarding where, when and how work should be done in the future. In this article, we gather experiences of the new trend of remote working based on the synthesis of 22 company-internal surveys of employee preferences for WFH, and 26 post-pandemic work policies from 17 companies and their sites,…

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Keywords
  • Flexibility (engineering)
  • Relocation
  • Work (physics)
  • Business
  • Temporary work
  • Public relations
  • Work–life balance
  • Pandemic
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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