Most companies also believe pay and promotions will be linked to workplace attendance
Three years on from the global pandemic which completely changed the working dynamic, most bosses are now terrifyingly suggesting we’ll be back in the office five days a week.
Since the pandemic, almost all office based jobs adopted hybrid working which seemed to work well initially – however the KPMG CEO Outlook survey found 64% of leaders globally, and 63% of those in the UK, predict a full return to in-office working by 2026.
The annual poll surveyed more than 1,300 chief executives of some of the world’s largest business, 150 of which are in the UK, and most execs were very supportive of returning to the old fashioned way of work, reports The Guardian.
Not only this, but the survey also showed an overwhelming majority of execs believed financial rewards, such as pay rises and bonuses, would be linked to office attendance in the future.
Jon Holt, the chief exec of KPMG in the UK said that there’s not a one size fits all approach to bringing people back to the office and argued that this could create tensions between leaders and employers.
He added: “Issuing an ‘all hands on deck’ edict is a simple response to a complex issue – it won’t work for all businesses. Some sort of hybrid working is likely to remain a useful way to attract and retain the good people the CEOs know their business needs.
“CEOs hoping to return to an all-office world will have to work collaboratively and carefully with colleagues to get it right.”
While most employers are looking to bring us back into the office, most employees have no desire too
Some have even argued that they’d full on quit their jobs if they were suddenly forced to move back to five days a week in the office.
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