Back to the future office

Plans to return to the workplace are still in flux as organisations adjust to the new world of hybrid working and employees continue to spend time at home

Two thirds of Irish chief executives believe the pandemic has permanently changed their company’s business model, confirming a widespread feeling that a hybrid combination of home and office working is going to be the future norm.

At the start of this year a survey by the employers’ group Ibec revealed that almost two thirds of Irish chief executives believe the pandemic has permanently changed their company’s business model, confirming a widespread feeling that a hybrid combination of home and office working is going to be the future norm.

The problem is understanding the precise form it will take, reflected in the 72 per cent of business leaders who cited the return ...