New research shows 64% of companies don’t feel able to manage remote employees
Fortune 500 and publicly listed large companies among more than 600 respondents to the State of Remote Work Report 2022, conducted by Insightful.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — practicalA leading workforce analysis and productivity software, this week released new research into the state of remote work, titled The State of Remote Work Report 2022: How Companies are Preparing for the Future of Work.
Status of Remote Work Report 2022 is available for Free download via Insightful website.
Main report findings:
- 63.91% of company leaders believe they do not have the right tools to manage remote employee productivity.
- 71.45% of company leaders will allow remote working, at least for some time.
- 64.68% of company leaders will allow their employees to work remote or hybrid permanently.
- 21.38% of company leaders reported that collaboration and communication are the biggest challenges when working remotely.
- 38.06% of company leaders believe that employees are less productive in remote or hybrid environments.
- There was a 383% increase in the adoption of remote and hybrid work among enterprise companies.
Ongoing Challenges of Remote Work
The report revealed the growing acceptance and adoption of remote working. However, it also revealed that many leaders still do not feel fully equipped to function optimally in this new environment.
Among a wide range of findings, nearly two-thirds of respondents said they do not have the necessary tools to effectively manage their team’s productivity while working remotely.
in another sign that remote employee monitoring Workload continues to face challenges, with 38.06% of company leaders saying they believe employees are less productive when working remotely. And 21.38% of respondents cited communication and collaboration as the biggest challenges in a distributed work environment.
Remote work is here to stay
Despite the challenges expressed, the report showed that 71.45 percent of company leaders said they would offer remote work to employees at least some of the time in the future.
Further strengthening the distributed workplaces of the future, the report also found that 64.68% of company leaders said remote and hybrid work would become a permanent fixture in their organization.
Insightly CEO Ivan Petrovic said: “This research strongly suggests that remote and hybrid work are here to stay, and they will become the prevailing work model of the future.”
That said, the research also shows that there are ongoing challenges for company leaders when managing remotely. Despite two years of remote work experimentation brought on by COVID-19, many leaders still remain part of their team. Do not feel fully equipped to manage when they work away from office.
“As remote working is still at an early stage, we anticipate that over time the challenges expressed by company leaders today will be mitigated through continued development of remote infrastructure and operational mindsets.”
methodology
The State of Remote Work Report 2022 was compiled on the basis of online and offline surveys of companies of different sizes in different sectors. was done by remote working software company practical. In all, respondents from 620 organizations completed the survey over a two-month period from December 2021 to February 2022.
Respondents include leaders of Fortune 500 companies, publicly listed companies, privately held technology companies, government agencies, top universities and major media organizations.
about the insight
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