BusinessWorld
May 28, 2021 | 12:33 am
Senior Reporter
THE post-pandemic workplace will be both hybrid and flexible, with corporate offices functioning as places of collaboration and socialization, industry experts said.
Christophe Vicic, JLL Philippines, Inc. country head, said the hybrid work model, whose widespread adoption was accelerated during the pandemic, is here to stay.
âI think itâs going to stay. The principal reason is itâs about the people. Itâs about the⦠employees who have clearly tasted a different way of working,â he said at the second day of the BusinessWorld Virtual Economic Forum 2021 on Thursday.
âSome of the organizations [that] were caught by surprise by the pandemic [saw the] potential benefits of the hybrid model. And I think, before pandemic, we all talked about the millennials. They want more flexibility, freedom, and project-based type of work â [all] these accelerated during the pandemic,â�