Building the culture of wellness in hybrid workplaces

On the other hand, hybrid work has also given employers an opportunity to demonstrate their flexibility and empathy by supporting each employee with their own backgrounds and aspirations. The biggest advocates of this are Managers (75%), Gen Z (73%), Gen Y (67%) and Caregivers (66%). Among this last group, working parents with young children and people taking care of a disabled family member are big adopters of hybrid work (respectively 69% and 81%), revealing the ability of this workstyle to help them juggle their professional and personal imperatives.

Similar to other countries, the hybrid work model is progressively gaining popularity in Vietnam, particularly in light of the social distancing measures brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr. Will Tran, National Head, Office Leasing Advisory, JLL Vietnam, stated that “hybrid workplace is widely explored in regional markets, and MNCs are beginning to explore whether Hybrid can be applied to Vietnam. As much as it should be considered for Vietnam office portfolios, it is also equally important to note Vietnam’s pandemic resilience, recovery and positive economic outlook in order to make decisions on long term real estate footprint and cost.”

In terms of productivity, the feeling of being more productive at home for heads-down work keeps growing among remote workers. Although this evolution can be perceived as good news for corporate performance, it also poses a sustained risk in terms of the ability to create social value and unite the workforce around a shared purpose and vision. The four profiles of office workers (Office workers, Homeworkers, ‘Regular hybrid’ workers and ‘Hyper hybrid’ workers) reveal that, if flexibility in the place of work is key to empowerment, then having to constantly adapt to new work environments raises significant risks in terms of mental wellbeing. 50% of employees claimed they missed social interactions and felt that belonging to a community was important. In this fast-growing world, this is a workstyle which is both full of promises and challenges in terms of individual’s mental state and the onus is on the employer to take care of the employee’s wellbeing.