Cisco study reveals how hybrid working has improved UAE employees’ performance

Cisco study reveals how hybrid working has improved UAE employees’ performance

Over 65 per cent say quality of work and productivity improved with hybrid work.

Reem Asaad, Vice-President, Cisco Middle East and Africa.

Published: Thu 18 Aug 2022, 6:56 PM Last updated: Thu 18 Aug 2022, 6:57 PM

Hybrid working practices in UAE companies have improved several areas of employee performance, according to the findings of the new Cisco Hybrid Work Report.

The survey polled 1,050 employees throughout the UAE and discovered that almost 90 per cent of those questioned want to work either in a hybrid or fully remote model in the future. These findings are fully in line with global sentiment with just over 91 per cent of international respondents agreeing to the same question.

The findings are from the Cisco Hybrid Work Report, an extensive study which has examined the impact of digitization and hybrid work on performance with a focus on productivity, quality of work, new skills and growth. It is part of a wide-ranging survey that focused on the role of the hybrid workplace on wellbeing and readiness across a variety of company and individual factors such as company culture; technology; and cybersecurity as well as financial; physical; mental well-being and more.

Reem Asaad, vice-president, Cisco Middle East and Africa, said: “The