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Chris Porter, BP’s VP for Talent Acquisition, explains how his company is helping its workforce to embrace the shift to mixed home and office working.
BP is gearing up for a permanent change in working styles and practices in the post-COVID age, says Chris Porter, Vice-President for Talent Acquisition and Matching, who urges savvy execs elsewhere to be thinking about the implications involved in this shift.
The conglomerate recently told office-based staff they will be expected to spend two days a week working from home after lockdown restrictions ease. Most employees will be asked to work from home 40% of the time, or two days a week for full-time employees. The new hybrid approach will affect 25,000 BP staff, with 6,000 in the UK.