Cushman & Wakefield: The future of workplace insights

As governments around the world start to ease restrictions on lockdowns, attention inevitably turns to the concept of “returning to work.” However, this viewpoint incorrectly frames the current state of play. Many office-based workers have continued to work through the pandemic and so the focus should actually be on who should go “back to the office?” Of course, the first focus has to be on employee wellbeing and vulnerable employees need to remain safe.  But after that, the situation becomes more blurred,

As governments around the world start to ease restrictions on lockdowns, attention inevitably turns to the concept of “returning to work.” However, this viewpoint incorrectly frames the current state of play. Many office-based workers have continued to work through the pandemic and so the focus should actually be on who should go “back to the office?” Of course, the first focus has to be on employee wellbeing and vulnerable employees need to remain safe.  But after that, the situation becomes more blurred, not least as social distancing will mean that not all employees can still be accommodated in the available space.  In conjunction with this, companies recognize that some workers can successfully operate remotely at least part of the time. As a result, companies will have to provide more choices and greater flexibility to work away from the office for the foreseeable future.
 

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