Hybrid working here to stay [split topic]

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Hybrid working is here to stay, say managers

Working from home for part of the week has become the norm for some employees, a survey of managers has suggested.

More than 80% said their firms had adopted hybrid working - most since the pandemic, a survey for the Chartered Institute of Management (CMI) found.

But senior leaders are also actively encouraging employees to return to the workplace, a majority of managers said.

The institute said firms should embrace hybrid work as "best practice".

"It would be very short sighted of bosses not to see some correlation in the shift in the working world, and the move towards hybrid [working]," said CMI chief executive Ann Francke.

"We are experiencing an uptick in productivity, and an uptick in many companies results. We're not saying everyone should work from home 100% of the time, we're saying the best practice is to have a blend, so when you come into the office you can do those things that are very difficult to do remotely."

Not a lot to say except glad to see the message is getting through, despite the fact that most workplace return related headlines recently seem to be from City firm managers demanding their staff return immediately.