Employers including Lloyds Banking Group, Disney and KPMG may be backtracking on flexible working, but the boss of a human resources company insists that new ways of work are not a pandemic-related aberration.
“Hybrid work will stay with us for ever,” Ronni Zehavi, chief executive of HiBob, said, adding that companies demanding their workers spend “five days in the office will experience a very high level of attrition”.
HiBob provides HR software for more than 3,200 businesses, including Monzo, the digital bank, Rovio, the maker of the Angry Birds video game that has been bought by Sega, and McClaren, the luxury and racing car manufacturer.
Bosses fear that long-term home working will harm productivity, workplace culture, creativity and the ability of new and younger
