Workplace changes | HR tech's impact on the work from home experience

In January 2020, work from home was sold as a perk. By March 2020, it was reality. Now, work from home is our normal.

We’ve gotten past the breakneck switch in workplace norms (and locations!) and are finally able to take a moment to breathe and assess our surroundings. We spent months keeping our teams above water, making sure they had the hardware and software (and office chairs) needed to stay productive—and now we can learn how to make the most of our tech stack.

We surveyed 2000 full-time workers across the US and UK about the work tech stack they were given when working from home and checked to see how this tech stack influenced their experience working from home, their productivity, their job satisfaction, and tech stacks. Here’s what we learned about staying connected.

New times demand new measures: tools built for remote work that keep people engaged and collaborative, even from far apart. Hibob’s research found that the use of HR tech had a drastic, measurable impact on employee satisfaction. Here are our insights on the tech industry’s toolkit and HR tech’s effect on job satisfaction, productivity, and the work-from-home experience: