Culture | Is remote working ruining employee experience?

Various elements of working life have been impacted over the past few months; communication has been halted due to a lack of face-to-face interactions, the onboarding of new recruits has moved to a virtual space and employees have had to get used to working in their own homes alone.

All of these factors combined, along with others, have all had a marked effect on the employee experience. But stats have proven that there are several business benefits to getting the employee experience right, making it critical for HR leaders to focus on during the current crisis.

For example, an analysis by Glassdoor followed companies that were awarded Best Places to Work and compared their performance with the S&P 500. It discovered that all groups outperformed the S&P by 53 to 122 percentage points indicating that there is a clear relationship between the financial success of a business and employee happiness and satisfaction.

Now new research has found that HR directors are concerned about delivering a consistent employee experience. Conducted by Applaud, the data found that 45% of HRDs think the biggest challenge of delivering a good employee experience in the next six months will be making sure that all employees are receiving a consistent experience, regardless of whether they’re remote or office based.