{"id":18776,"date":"2020-06-24T15:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T19:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/canadian-workers-want-to-maintain-flexible-remote-work-after-pandemic-survey-147349"},"modified":"2020-06-24T15:00:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T19:00:05","slug":"canadian-workers-want-to-maintain-flexible-remote-work-after-pandemic-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2020\/06\/24\/canadian-workers-want-to-maintain-flexible-remote-work-after-pandemic-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian workers want to maintain flexible, remote work after pandemic: survey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Staff<\/span> | June 24, 2020 <\/p>\n

While 87 per cent of Canadian employees who started working remotely for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic believe it will have a long-term impact on the way they work, just 22 per cent said their employer has confirmed working arrangements will be more flexible permanently, according to a new survey by technology solutions firm VMware Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n

It also found 17 per cent of employees said plans to return to the office haven\u2019t been clearly communicated. However, 26 per cent of new remote workers said they don\u2019t want to go back to the way they used to work before the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read: <\/span>Remote working, distributed workforces could be part of new normal post-coronavirus<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCanadians want more choice and flexibility in how they work post COVID-19,\u201d said Sean Forkan, vice-president and country manager at VMware Canada, in a press release. <\/span>\u201cThe evolution in their thinking is outpacing that of employers \u2014 they want to know that flexible working is here to stay. The information gap or \u2018virtual vacuum\u2019 that has emerged is a key challenge for business leaders to address. The next normal will and needs to be a distributed workforce \u2014 employers need to enable working anytime, anywhere and with any technology because working from an office won\u2019t be the standard anymore.\u201d <\/span> <\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

The survey also found nearly half (49 per cent) of respondents said they\u2019d never worked from home prior to the pandemic. About two-thirds (62 per cent) said they don\u2019t think <\/span>employees should be expected to work full time in an office as the pandemic has shown remote work is possible. And more than half (57 per cent) said the<\/span> <\/span>absence of a commute has given them more time and energy for their job. However, seven in 10 (70 per cent) miss meeting their colleagues in person.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

As well, 48 per cent of the new remote worker cohort said the tools they need to do their job aren\u2019t easy to access remotely, with 50 per cent reporting that they don\u2019t have applications on their phones for the three most important tasks in a work week, outside of email. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Read: How can employers manage work-from-home burnout?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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