COUNTRY FOCUS : CANADA style for a hybrid workforce , 60 % want a greater emphasis on employee wellness and work-life balance , 60 % want greater flexibility in defining working hours , 51 % want greater control over managing meeting schedules and workloads to prevent burnout , and 50 % want investment in technology ( hardware or software ) that will make hybrid work smoother .
Return to office
• 24 % say their company plans to return to the office in three to five months and 17 % plan to return in less than three months .
• 72 % of Canadian employees say their companies are planning to be hybrid or remote going forward – 58 % say their companies plan to move to a hybrid work model , while 14 % say they will be moving to a fully remote model . Globally , only 47 % think that their company will allow working from anywhere vs . in-office over the next 6 – 12 months .
• Just 13 % say they ’ ll be expected to be in the office full-time or most of the time .
Employee retention and career advancement
• 46 % of Canadian employees worry that inperson workers will have more opportunities for engagement and career growth . This concern is even higher in younger employees ( 18 – 34 ) with 56 % concerned about the impact on their career .
• 94 % of respondents are satisfied with the technology and collaboration tools they use for their job , and 87 % say that they feel confident about the future of work based on their company ’ s current technology and collaboration tools .
The survey was conducted by Angus Reid for Cisco Canada . There were 1,012 respondents from across Canada that are working remotely or hybrid .
Cisco ’ s Global Hybrid Work Index looks across people , technology and business to identify emerging global work trends . It derives insights from millions of aggregated and anonymized customer data points . Third-party research surveying over 39,000 respondents across 34 countries , including CIOs , IT decision makers and employees , supplements the research alongside Cisco ’ s own employee data . p
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