June 09, 2021
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Digital Workers Say Flexibility Is Key to Their Productivity
Contributor: Laurence Goasduff
Digital workplace leaders must establish new guidelines for how employees can effectively work in a hybrid workplace.
The pandemic has provided many employees with greater flexibility over where, when and how they work — and a Gartner survey of more than 10,000 digital workers from the U.S., Europe and APAC shows that workers in that segment are likely to feel that flexibility is key to their productivity. Now it’s up to digital workplace leaders to establish new guidelines to enable employees to work effectively in ahybrid workplace.
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In 2021, digital workers whose jobs rely on or are highly dependent on digital technologies are more frequently employing a variety of software programs and devices whenworking remotely.
Many employees proved during the pandemic that working in employer-controlled workspaces isn’t important to their productivity or engagement. Many see little reason to revert to old ways of working.
Flexible work hours is key driver of productivity
According to the Gartner 2021 Digital Worker Experience Survey, 43% of respondents said that flexibility in working hours helped them achieve greater productivity, and 30% of respondents said that less or no time commuting enabled them to be more productive.
However, 26% of respondents said their productivity fell. They reported that connectivity issues and technology changes were among the top reasons for decreased productivity.
Workers seek flexible work locations and hours
As 2020 provided workers with increased flexibility in time and inthe choice of work locations,they are looking to enforce and extend those benefits in 2021 and beyond.
Fifty-nine percent of workers surveyed indicated they agreed more with a statement “I would only consider a new position or job that allows me to work from a location of my choice” than with a statement saying that location would not matter. Similarly, 64% were more likely to consider a role that allows for flexible hours than one that did not.
By 2021, remote workers will represent 32% of all employees worldwide, totaling 628 million employees.
With remote work moving from a privilege to a necessity,employers look to reach the right balance with their employees by emphasizing flexibilityof workplace, work time and work technology that workers may employ. Such leaders should使它成为可能for workers to get access to high-quality network service, and effective computing resources on their hardware and in the cloud.
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