More companies are moving away from home models from work.
As more Canadian return to the office, new data from the Angus Read Institute shows that most workers do not want to go back if they do not have.
Among the surveyed, three-five Canadians (59 percent) would prefer to work from home, and if you ask people who have done before, this number is even more at 76 percent.
But companies are making changes anyway, which an employment expert says that the stage sets the platform for a big discussion about the work-life balance.
Ahmed Borhot, director of the workforce Solutions with Janashakti Alberta, said, “Whether you are a job seeker or an employer, realistic, a healthy compromise is the two biggest things.”
So, how important is the freedom to work from home?
Canadians shared what their employer would do if they ordered them to work all the time.
Most said that they would go back, but they will also start searching for another job.
Broadly 28 percent said that they would just roll with it, while not interested in returning a little less than a quarter, some said that they had already left their company.
Borhot says that ultimately, employers and employees need to take into account that the ability to work-life balance will be affected, morale within the workforce, morale within the workforce within opportunities for progress.
Borhot said, “You may have any kind of conflict, and this clash will affect your operation from an employer’s point of view, and affect your employment from the point of view of a job seeker.”
For workers in the city of Edmonton, they say that finding a balance is more important than ever.
Anne Mary Camera, a non-profit employee, said, “If people are doing their work and performing for the standard that is expected, it should not change where your place is. I think overall, our life is that kind of flexibility,” said a non-profit employee Anne Marie Camara.
A paramedic, Rayelagh Kasun says, “I think employers need to feel that the employees will perform better if they are taking care of themselves. I don’t think you do not think you do better in the office, it is always right.”
For more information about the survey of Angus Reid Institute, click here.