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Finnish companies lead the way: hybrid work can be the key to improved staff efficiency and engagement in organisations

Today’s employees are working in a golden age of productivity and efficiency since there has never been as much facilitating technology and so many tools to help them be productive and efficiently collaborate with others. In the past two years, organizations have been taking the digital leap even faster than before, because the pandemic has forced them to improve their processes and working methods. Many work tasks have been moved to virtual spaces only and remote work has increased remarkably. Companies constantly seek to improve their performance but this shift to remote work and thus a hybrid mode of working – employees dividing their working week between being in the office and working remotely at the home – is likely to be a long-term trend. This hybrid mode can be both an opportunity and a threat from an employee efficiency viewpoint. The present article discusses the pros and cons of hybrid work.