A brand new ballot from Ricoh Europe claims that almost all of organisations lack the expertise to help versatile working, with solely 30 % of European staff saying they’ve all of the expertise to collaborate seamlessly when working with different colleagues.
The analysis, carried out by Opinion Issues on behalf of Ricoh Europe, polled 7,000 employees and 1,800 resolution makers throughout Europe. It recommend that versatile working stays a prime precedence for European employees, with staff citing having extra versatile working preparations, together with the power to plan and schedule to make sure their office wants are met upfront of the working day (desk, location, office expertise), as the first motive to rethink leaving their function within the subsequent 12 months.
Regardless of the worth staff place upon working flexibly, many nonetheless lack the essential instruments to take action, in accordance with the report. One in 5 (20 %) staff shouldn’t have entry to important collaboration software program akin to Microsoft Groups and Zoom, while 29 % shouldn’t have entry to any collaboration {hardware}/hybrid assembly expertise (e.g. AV expertise akin to video conferencing), regardless of this being in demand.
The report goes on to say that enterprise leaders recognise the issue, with slightly below one in 4 (24 %) admitting that their collaboration instruments are less than business normal, which is making it arduous for workers to do their day-to-day jobs. Nonetheless, regardless of expertise stacks remaining unchanged, solely 17 % of enterprise resolution makers cited offering an enhanced worker expertise as a strategic precedence for the yr forward.
The analysis additionally purports to shine a light-weight on how enterprise leaders ought to be inserting worker satisfaction and expertise on the forefront of their agenda this yr. This begins with versatile working, as almost 1 / 4 (24 %) of staff stated that not being pressured to work within the workplace however being given the fitting expertise to work wherever advantages them could be a key strategy to improve their fulfilment at work.