Wow, Microsoft has presented some interesting figures! The Redmond-based company, which has massively changed our daily work routine over the last 2 years, especially with Microsoft Teams, is publishing the Work Trend Index 2022. A study incorporating data from 31,000 people in 31 countries, including about 1,000 individuals in Switzerland.
Would you like a few samples?
- 36% of employees in Switzerland are prioritizing health and well-being over work more than before the pandemic.
- 53% of Generation Z and Millennials are likely to consider changing employers this year, which is 9 percentage points more than last year (!).
- 66% of HR managers in Switzerland state that they do not have the influence or resources to effect changes for their employees.
- 46% of HR managers say that leadership has lost touch with employees.
- 31% of employees in hybrid work mode say their biggest challenge is knowing when and why they should come to the office.
- However, only 28% of leaders in Switzerland have created team agreements for hybrid work to determine why and when they go to the office.
- 50% of leaders in Switzerland say that building relationships is the biggest challenge in remote and hybrid work.
- 58 percent of leaders in Switzerland are concerned that new employees are not receiving enough support to be successful in hybrid or remote work.
- 53 percent of hybrid workers in Switzerland feel lonelier at work than before the switch to hybrid work
The list can be extended with many more results. The fact is: the last two years have done something to us and our working world. The next two years will bring further changes.
We now have the opportunity to shape these changes together – in whatever role we may be. We shouldn’t be afraid of these changes, but actively tackle them.
And yes: I predict that the relationship between employees and employers will increasingly be defined by how work is shaped in these processes of change.
For those who want to read more about Microsoft’s study:
- Short version: Hybrid Work Becomes Swiss Reality
- Detailed version: Great Expectations: Making Hybrid Work Work
