Despite rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations driven by the delta variant, executive leaders are pushing toward a post-pandemic return-to-work model that puts employees in the office at least two days a week. HR and IT/security professionals have been feeling squeezed between a rock and a hard place trying to meet workforce health, safety, technology, data security, and productivity needs while also meeting exec expectations.
On one hand, 66% of remote employees say they are more productive working from home than in the office, according to 2021 data from Businessolver. And Limeade finds that 100% of employees are anxious about returning to the workplace, with more than three-quarters (77%) saying their top worry is being exposed to COVID-19.
