'Work in progress' | Majority of firms have faced obstacles implementing hybrid

A whopping 95% of organisations have experienced issues implementing hybrid working, according to new data.

The latest research from XpertHR has found that early all UK organisations (95%) have encountered challenges implementing hybrid working, with reluctance to return to the workplace the leading issue currently faced by employers.

Of the 292 organisations XpertHR surveyed, almost all (95%) operate a hybrid model. For most (59%) organisations, staff generally spend between 2-3 days working from home each week, however, over a third (37%) of staff are unhappy with this split and would prefer to spend even less time in the office.

Reluctant returners are by no means a new phenomenon. In XpertHR’s 2021 report, a similar share of organisations (75%) said they had experienced unwillingness to return to the workplace. The main reasons for it then were rooted in concerns around contracting Covid-19, but in this year’s survey XpertHR found motivations had shifted away from the downsides associated with going into the office and more towards the benefits of working from home – for example saving money on commuting and childcare arrangements.