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One in three Dutch employees indicate that they will change jobs if their employer forces them to return to the office completely. 85 of employees also want the boss not to decide on which days they have to come to the office they want to determine that themselves. This is apparent from KPNs latest Hybrid Works Monitor. Hybrid working seems to be here to stay. 93 of employees say they have found a good balance between working from home and working at the office after two years of mostly working from home. Only one in four employees thinks that hybrid working will completely disappear in a while and everything will return to the way it was before Corona.Marieke Snoep Director of Business Market and member of the Board of Directors of KPN The home workplace has definitely found its place in the house. Three quarters of employees have set up a separate home workplace at home and almost all employees 98 say they will keep this place. For one in three hybrid working has become a crucial condition of employment they even look for another job if the boss obliges them to come to the office every day.Tuesday and Thursday most popular office daysHybrid working has become a habit for many. Now that the advice to work from home has been adjusted two-thirds go back to the office two or three days a week. Tuesday and Thursday are the most popular days with 46 of employees saying that they travel to the company location on these days. Only one in six determines what the office days will be every week. The chance of being stuck in traffic on Tuesday and Thursday therefore seems inevitable. When asked what time employees expect to be at work more than half say they are there between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Almost 40 actually do not think it necessary to go to the office yet but feel compelled to do so because other colleagues are present at the office.At KPN we look together for a good balance between working at home and at the office continues Snoep. With this experience and the results of the Hybrid Working Monitor in hand I advise employers to discuss the details of this with their employees. Make agreements with each other about when where and for what you want to meet at the office. This leads to the ideal hybrid working week for every team and individual. And build it up slowly for many people the transition from working from home a lot to more at the office is a big step.Hybrid working agreementsMore than half of the employees 61 have made agreements with their employer about the interpretation of hybrid working. This percentage has not increased compared to the previous KPN Hybrid Work Monitor in October 2021. The agreements concern the minimum number of days in the office 53 and which activities 37 are performed in the office. More than half think that colleagues children have to go to crchecare when they work from home and they are annoyed by colleagues who make video calls next to them. More than three quarters 82 find it acceptable for a colleague to cancel a physical meeting and dial in online if this is the only physical appointment in the office.Dont leave anything unspoken in the conversations just name those pink elephants Snoep continues. We are in a new world together that we are going to shape together. We need a purpose for going to the office not just an appointment. It is therefore important to determine what we are going to do in the office and what it should look like there.Hybrid meetingsHybrid meetings in which participants participate both from the office and at home are inextricably linked to hybrid working and are clearly increasing in October 2021 less than 10 had to deal with such a meeting on a daily basis. Today nearly 15 of employees are in a daily meeting with colleagues at home and in the office. And hybrid meetings are also increasingly facilitated. Companies more often have meeting rooms and video equipment to make this possible increase from 57 to 65 compared to October 2021. The internet connection is also better arranged. The number of employees who suffer from messy and unpleasant meetings due to a poor internet connection has decreased from 63 to 53.It is good news that more and more employers are investing in the online and physical workplace of their employees says Snoep. Successful hybrid work stands or falls with an optimal physical working environment at home and at the office.
