Experts believe that the initial regeneration of remote work has already passed during the infection and that the future will pass through hybrid work.
When the infections spread on March 2020, many had to be at home, which would increase remote work. EU EuroFound Agency, which compiled data by seven electronic studies from over 250,000 people Work conditions Before and after the infection, he found it Govid -19 caused a quick turn of the distance work This is still valid today.
Eurofound researcher Oscar Vargas explained to ‘Euronevs Next’, which at the peak of the infection, 23% of the EU’s active population worked from homeCompared to only 14% in 2019. In the 2022 report, it was said that the eurfound The distance work may not have grownBoth If the infection does not occur until 2027.
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Delivery is not integrated in Europe
According to Vargas Key, the number of employees working in full -time or hybrid mode has been confirmed from the infection. In addition, according to the 2023 Eurostat Census, 22.2% of EU adults work “typically” from home Or “sometimes”, compared to more than 24% in 2021.
It Confirmation of distant workers The hybrids are going to oppose what people think that delivery will be a strong fall after the infection is over, Vargas Key said. “We’re on a plateau,” the researcher said “The possibility of working from home does not establish itself In European Work Centers. “
However, Vargas Key made clear Completely distant workers It was always small, and it was exceptional during Gov -19. According to the researcher, an employee can work in the distance after the infection It depends on the type of work you do.
For example, do work Information Technology (Information Technology), Financial and Education According to the EuroFound 2022 report, if they are done in the distance, agriculture, construction and hospitality are carried out in Chittu.
Delivery after infection
Nhmamu Dlomu, a global employee in charge of KPMG consultation, says that the functions of customer in their company are generally needed Directors They are less likely to be completely distant. In the end, Tlomu said that every manager should decide with their staff, and how often he works from Chittu or home.
Vargas Key and Dilomu confirm that the KPMG model reflects what other companies do, since most Distant working conditions Hybrid oa full time They usually remember between the employee and the manager. Las Commands According to Vargas Key, “Return to the office” they usually occur in large companies because their workplaces are more restricted.
A “incompatible” between employees and companies
Statistics Center As for Europe, the Middle East and Africa are almost showing it Two hybrids of the five jobs released on the platformThe entire remote jobs refer to about 5% of the posts in the region, less than 11% in 2021.
Tamara Basel Jev, chief economist of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said that only 1% of all open vacancies on the site represents only 1% of the site before Govid -19. Vasiljev said so Companies promoted remote jobs between 2021 and 2023 Because they recognized “flexibility as a way of attracting skills.” They are now cutting off these offers to support “cooperation in person, productivity and culture”.
In 2025Throughout the Employment Hybrid Office Provides three -fold or full -time, Vasiljev continued, pointed out A “incompatible” between what employees prefer and provide. “This gap between the supply and the need represents it Professors are still looking for flexibility.
The biggest difference is given In the NetherlandsWhere Six times more than needed Center. VasilJave says this difference is that experts in this country want to “reduce the displacement time for work, balance the responsibilities of caregivers or work internationally.”
Some markets like GermanyVan An opposite position. According to VasilJ, employment applicants in this country will have a 25% increase in vacant hybrid conditions because the country’s competitive labor market material Flexibility is a way of attracting skill.
European Union is not equal to distant jobs
According to Vargas Key, the number of farmers in the EU varies greatly. Eurostat Active Census Data indicates that A large number of distant workers are in the Netherlands52% of workers will have at least a few hours delivery in 2023.
According to data, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Luxembourg are 40% to 45% of their active population. Norway and IslandAlthough they are not from the EU, they are found in these pieces.
New EU members, Bulgaria and Romania, They have less time -long workers with 2% and 3% respectively. “They have fewer jobs (in Bulgaria and Romania) they are widely used Digital toolsBut this is associated with work culture, “Vargas Key said, and that this flexibility that can work anywhere has not been created at any time.”
Las Nations of the Netherlands and Scandinavian Were on them High -distance work rates before infectionSo then see a big adoption COVID-19 Don’t surprise the Vargas key.
The future is hybrid
According to Vargas Key, most staff and companies They prefer a hybrid work modelThis is because this allows them to interact with their classmates and to cooperate when needed. The study of the Eurofound on the quality of life in 2024 revealed Has increased the desire to work exclusively from home The number of those who want to work home from 13% to 13% in 2020 to 2024 and the number of people who want to work several times a week is more than 50%, For both men and women.
However, Dilomu states that companies have some more pressure points, such as the way to maintain a good business culture when people are not together. However, he believes that the hybrid work model we have now will continue in 2030: “At its beginning, The Hybrid work It was a little Trouble for someBecause people tried to find their rhythm … I think it has changed. “
By 2030, Vargas believes that the key will be “The lowest increase” of the workers who work in the distanceBecause there will be more jobs associated with the workplace, and more digital. He will not abandon the “atmosphere of working only from home,” he said that this was an exception at the time of infection. EU efforts to promote work centers To follow flexible working principles.
As for Tilomu, the legacy of Gov -19 infections How the way to communicate from people turned out. “It was a difficult time for all of us as human beings,” he says, “At the same time, we have improved our way to communicate using technology.”