Hybrid work system will stay, say Qatar business leaders

Hybrid work system will stay, say Qatar business leaders

About 94 per cent of business leaders in Qatar believe that their organisations will adopt a more hybrid way of working for the foreseeable future, according the ‘Work Reworked' Report. Commissioned by Microsoft and carried out by the Boston Consulting Group and KRC Research, this year's edition of the annual Work Reworked Report aims to provide information to business leaders across the Middle East and Africa, to support navigating a new world of remote work. Microsoft's Work Reworked research provides insight into how companies can best support and empower workers as remote and hybrid working becomes the ‘new normal'. A survey of 600 leaders and employees in large enterprises within Qatar examined people's experience since the beginning of the pandemic as remote ways of working became common, and also asked about expectations around the future. Since the start of the great global work-at-home work experiment stemming from the pandemic, researchers have found that managers and employees in Qatar expect to spend over a third (35 per cent) of the work week outside of the traditional office setting. Though employees still see value in attending the office to maintain bonds with colleagues, they are looking for more flexibility from their organisations. A more permanent change