It is estimated that about 30 percent of all fullpaid working days will be worked from employees’ homes. The hybrid model seems to promote the best of working in the office and working from home. But how successful and impactful has hybrid work been? A recently released Stanford University study surprised many when results showed hybrid work arrangements reduced attrition rates at a global technology company by 35 percent and improved selfreported work satisfaction scores, with no negative impact on performance ratings or promotions. Hybrid work-from-home models have grown in popularity to address employee issues around worklife balance, stress and excessive working hours, according to the study by Nicholas Bloom and Ruobing Han of Stanford University, and James Liang of Peking University in Beijing. In the randomized study, global travel agent Trip. com, which has 35,000 employees, performed a random trial involving the engineers, marketing and finance employees for six months in 2021 and 2022. As part of the experiment, those born on an odd-number date had the option to work from home on Wednesdays and Fridays, while those with even-number birthdays continued to work in the office full-time. By Bruce Christian Stanford study shows hybrid work lowers employee attrition RESOURCES ‘Great Resignation’ Resistor 30 REMOTE WORK SOLUTIONS rwsmagazine.com
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