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than ever. In the coming years, employees different continents and timezones have
are more likely to prioritize self-care, and worked together for years.
employers are more likely to invest in The 9 to 5 is quickly becoming a relic of the
programs that spotlight health and wellness. past. A better solution is to make certain
For example, massages, meditation classes, blocks of time mandatory to be on-site or
and stress management life-coaching on-line, and allow staff to structure the other
sessions. Also, services like therapy, and
financial literacy workshops. hours as they please.
This perk costs the organization next to
As work shifts towards hybrid and remote nothing. In fact, the company will likely save
models, the nature of these wellness programs money in the form of long term productivity.
will also change. In lieu of office workout rooms
and catered healthy lunches, companies may 5. Multi-functional workspaces
instead provide more credits towards gym
memberships and home equipment or healthy Industry standards may seem like age-old
food prep services. There will also be more institutions, however the current workplace is
telehealth visits and online consultations with a fairly modern invention. White-collar office
specialists. Also, staff may spend more time work only rose to prominence in the past 150
taking care of social needs to fight off the years or so. Even within that time, workplaces
isolation of remote work. For example, forming shifted from private offices and cubicles to
clubs with coworkers and planning more open floor plans. As the workforce moves
outside-of-work team outings. towards more hybrid and remote work, office
design will evolve again.
4. Flexible Working Hours Within the next few years, companies
A sudden mass shift to remote work permitted will minimize office space and make the
many employees the freedom to choose a remaining places of work more flexible and
working schedule. Since workers were not multi-functional. For example, introducing
limited to regular office hours, they could hot-desking, where employees do not have
carve out routines that better suited work an assigned seat but rather claim a different
styles. Night owls or early-morning risers could open workspace every day. Also, a rise
work during hours they could focus most, in rearrangeable work furniture, such as
with fewer distractions. This liberty permitted easily-movable tables and chairs. Not to
professionals to tend to other responsibilities, mention, offices are likely to adopt technology
such as doctors appointments, childcare, like projectors, screens, and electronic
online schooling, or errands. whiteboards, and possibly even VR to better
accommodate hybrid workforces.
Variable working hours is one of the most
obvious workplace flexibility trends. While Smaller and more-spread out companies may
some jobs ask for overlap in schedules, there also turn to coworking, and choose to rent
is often little reason for the entire staff to work office space a few times a month instead of
identical hours. This fact seems obvious when paying rent on a building that sits empty most
you consider that global teams spread across of the time.
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