The Post-2021 Remote Work Pivot Point Trickling in during the summer of 2021, the second pivot point started gaining traction. The statistics around the number of those who want to return to the office full-time and those wanting a more hybrid way of working differs across studies. But generally: 56% of knowledge workers prefer to…
The 2020 Remote Work Pivot Point There are a few considerations regarding how we manage the way digital work could affect us psychologically going forward. The first is that prior to March 2020 digital technology was shifting the workplace and how we conducted work, at a slow but constant pace. But, up to mid-March 2020,…
Do you seem to take on more of the ‘office housework’ than others in your team? An interesting article in the Guardian highlighting a few points from the book ‘The No Club’, showcases how women tend to take on more admin type work within a team. They find it hard to say ‘no’ because they…
‘Three Generations of Telework: New ICTs and the (R)evolution from Home Office to Virtual Office’. Extracts and summary of the research by: Jon. C Messenger and Lutz Gschwind (2016) Summary of the research: Remote working has evolved through three main stages since the 1970’s. Stage 1: Home Office (1970’s to early 1990’s) This first stage involved performing…
If you were self-employed or worked as a freelancer prior to March 2020, you would already have been familiar with the daily struggles with procrastination, meeting and setting (often self-imposed) deadlines and accountability to self and others. Frustration and guilt can become constant companions when not entrenched in an office-based work environment with clients, colleagues…
On 30 June 2014, the UK introduced the right to request flexible working for anyone employed in a company for longer than 26 weeks. This means that even if you don’t have childcare or caring responsibilities, you have the right to request the ability to work flexibly, potentially allowing workers to juggle home and work-based responsibilities. Employers…
We’ve heard a lot about Zoom Fatigue over the past year, as is highlighted in a recent Wall Street Journal article that talks about ‘Digital Exhaustion’. Being exhausted by engaging in digital technology doesn’t quite encapsulate the level of fatigue that comes from working remotely. I suspect that ‘Remote Fatigue’ is going to become a…
According to The Guardian, many of those working at home during lockdown want to change how they work going forward. Many only want to go into the office 3 days a week, believing both their productivity and work-home balance will improve. This has implications for the way businesses recruit new employees, in addition to what…
Current necessity may have sped up the inevitable trend towards remote and flexible working practices. Our perceptions and narratives may need to change as we (re)discover the benefits of working-from-home and companies may need to change their working practices and benefits to attract key skills and future talent. There is no doubt that the working…
