Young people don't want a home office

The home office had a negative impact on young employees. As many as 71 percent of them feel an increased distance between colleagues, and 67 percent have problems with establishing and maintaining employee relationships, according to a study conducted on American and English employees. Forecasts regarding the maintenance of this form of work may even deepen these feelings, and as Personnel Service experts point out, at this stage we do not yet know all the consequences of the impact of the home office on young people and their professional development. The solution may be to switch to a hybrid work mode because it guarantees meetings with colleagues.

A survey conducted by Chargifi on English and American employees shows unequivocally that the negative consequences of isolation due to the home office affect mainly young people, representing Generation Z and Millennials. According to the study, working from home lowers their ability to build and develop relationships at work and it also harms their career development.

More than two-thirds of workers aged 18-34 say they have a harder time establishing and maintaining relationships with co-workers since they work from home. 54 percent of them say that long-term remote work has weakened their relationships. By comparison, older generations of employees have not noticed a major impact of remote work on their work relationships over the past year. Almost a third (31 percent) of respondents over 35 say their ability to make friends or maintain relationships with colleagues has not changed since they started working remotely.

"Young employees were particularly affected by the negative effects of the prolonged home office because working from home they cannot observe and learn from more experienced employees. This is especially important for unformed people who need to interact with others. Therefore, the best compromise for them is hybrid work, which is chosen by an increasing number of companies. This solution allows to keep young talents in the company while satisfying experienced employees who appreciate the benefits of remote work," Krzysztof Inglot, President of the Management Board of Personnel Service, assessed.

(WBJ)