The pandemic came with changes for the business world. Influenced by the measures that were taken in the country during the first months of 2020, business directors gave way to a new work scenario that was already appearing in the world but to which they were reluctant. With the obligation to enable the home officehehe companies found a new way of relating to their employees that ultimately led to more productive ways.
Today, several years after the start of the pandemic and several months of progressive return to normality —although the home office It is being lost-labor flexibility is present in the business ecosystem. This model comes hand in hand with the possibility of balancing personal life with work life with new opportunities.
“They are rights acquired by talent and it is difficult to go back”, said the director of Randstad Uruguay, Juan Pablo Lara. Companies see that this flexible mechanism is here to stay, because employees seek a state of contingency in different situations such as the care of people who are in their care. “When faced with needs, being able to work remotely and not miss a day of work,” said the country manager of Great Place to Work Uruguay, Fedra Feola.
“We see that for talent the mixed work scheme is normal and a requirement in the search for employment”said Lara, adding that today, in a job interview, the first question a candidate asks is related to remuneration and the second is related to the flexible work scheme.
Also, Feola argued that the non-possibility of flexible work is cause for resignation in many companies that have prohibited it.
Then, Without a doubt, the spaces won by employees during the pandemic are here to stay. The perception of work changed and a new model was installed to which companies must align.
In In this sense —and responding to the characteristics of flexible work—, companies had to restructure benefit plans to offer benefits both on and off location. “You have to take care of employees every day, not just those who go to the office,” Feola said.
Labor dynamics changed and with them the relationships between employers and employees. According to Lara, the change was for the better since productivity did not go down, but rather improved. “This scenario that exists today in the world of work is positive for both talent and employersLara concluded.
