07/08/2021

Employees Say This Will Get Them Back to the Office

Companies that address return-to-office concerns will have a smoother transition

Companies are making plans to return to the office. Staffing firm LaSalle Network's Office Re-Entry Index found that most CEOs surveyed believed employees would be back in the office by the fall.

But it won't be the same old workstations and water coolers. The Willis Towers Watson 2021 Employee Experience Survey found that more than nine in 10 employers (94 percent) said that providing a better employee experience was a top priority for them. That number was just over half (54 percent) pre-pandemic. Just 13 percent say the pandemic has receded enough to end temporary pandemic-related policies and programs, but 59 percent think they can do so this fall. The rest are holding out for 2022 or beyond. And most are expecting a hybrid workforce to be the norm.

"What people want is a high-performing employee experience," said Andy Walker, managing director, Willis Towers Watson. "So, that that means when they arrive at the workplace—whether that’s virtual, remote or in some form, hybrid work arrangement—they want that experience, the sum, essentially, of all the touchpoints, and the moments that matter between an individual and their organization, to be as high performing as possible."

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