Employee optimism about work-place productivity

Employees think working from home is fine:

Hybrid work has moved from novelty to normality, but employers and employees are no longer aligned on what it should look like. More than half of employees (56%) now work in the office full-time, yet only 15% would choose this pattern, with three-quarters (75%) preferring a more balanced approach.

This widening gap signals that organizations face a choice: continue to rely on presence-led models or shift toward purpose-led ones. Presence-led approaches treat attendance as a stand-in for productivity, yet many employees question the value of being on site when work can be completed just as effectively elsewhere. This is reinforced by over 80% of respondents saying that their employer is already well equipped for hybrid working, and by the fact that the main advantages of office time are relationship-driven rather than operational.

Also, what if the tools we had were, finally, just fine too?

As technology foundations strengthen, employee expectations are changing, with 83% of employees say their devices are good enough for the work they do, and software and IT infrastructure also score highly.

The Changing Workplace and the Shifts Defining Its Future