January 07, 2021
January 07, 2021
Contributor: Jackie Wiles
If you’re worried that hybrid workforce and remote work models will ruin your organizational culture, data suggests you’re wrong.
About one-third of newly remote or hybrid employees report their organization’s culture has changed since starting to work remotely — and most of them say it’s a change for the better.
This finding — which emerged from a Gartner survey of 5,000 employees on their organization’s culture and their perceptions of recent culture change — will be news to naysayers of hybrid workforce models, who often complain that a lack of regular in-person contact dilutes an organization’s culture.
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Satisfaction with the culture is critical to key talent outcomes. Employees who report that culture has improved since starting to work remotely are:
Notably, senior leaders are even more likely (1.9 times more than individual contributors) to report that their organization’s culture has improved since starting to work remotely.
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