How to Make an RTO Plan Your Employees Won't Hate

"Despite numerous strident, if not richly profane, efforts by some business leaders to force their workers back to the office, hybrid and remote working remains hugely popular among the American workforce, even if businesses aren't quite getting things right yet. A new report says the whole scene may shift a little next year, with more companies pressuring their staff back into their cubicles for four or more days weekly."

"To cope with changing in-office work demands, some 65 percent of workers said they'd be interested in the "microshifting" trend-a novel approach to tackling workplace tasks that sees staff working under highly structured, but flexible rules that let them work in discrete chunks. Some 51 percent of workers would also be happy to have an AI avatar replace them in a meeting, freeing them up to work from home or to actually tackle more serious tasks."

Hybrid and remote working remains highly popular among American workers despite executive pressure to return to offices. More companies are expected to require four or more in-office days weekly next year, and workers are resisting RTO rules while finding creative compliance strategies. Sixty-nine percent of managers believe remote or hybrid schedules have increased team productivity. Nearly half of workers identify lack of flexibility as their top workplace concern. Sixty-five percent express interest in microshifting, and fifty-one percent would accept an AI avatar to attend meetings. Fifty-nine percent schedule personal appointments during 9-to-5 hours, thirty-eight percent take up to an hour daily for personal time, and most employers use tracking software.

Read at Inc