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When you look back over the last couple of years, you will be amazed how companies all over the globe have welcomed the concept of remote work culture. Not only that, but organizations have been putting great effort into ensuring the comfort and convenience of the employees. Of course, the question of adequate employee engagement in the remote workforce needs to be addressed properly. One of the prime pillars of organizational success is the efforts of their employees.
Does it not strike you as strange that even after the world has coped with the COVID crisis, work from home did not end? We shall not examine the reasons behind the continuation of work-from-home culture. However, it is important to be cognizant of the fact that work-from-home is here to stay, and organizations need to adapt to it quickly. One of the major concerns for organizations today is onboarding new work-from-home employees.
Before the pandemic, capturing your users’ experience was simple because just about everyone was in the office, and you had traditional on-premises systems in place. Nowadays, remote work and hybrid access and usage patterns are much more varied. Work hours, 24×7 availability, collaboration, networking, hybrid, etc. all lead to difficulties in understanding employee Digital Experience.
The advantages of the hybrid & remote work model have been documented for some time now, and for many organizations the pandemic was the final push needed to start making the transition. Once these companies offered remote work for the first time, they had an opportunity to see firsthand how valuable it could be for their organizations. Who wouldn’t want to pay for less office space, and enjoy considerably lower operational overhead?
Challenges & Solutions Now that the world is reopening again from the pandemic, many employees are reluctant to go back to the office, preferring the convenience of work-from-home. To retain these employees, many organizations are adopting a compromise: hybrid work. In this setup, employees go to the office a few days a week, then report virtually from home for the rest.