- Top job requirements in Singapore: ability to work from home and flexible hours
- More than 40% of workers quit firms not offering enough flexibility
According to the latest Workmonitor survey, based on 1,000 local respondents, more than 40% of people said they would not accept a job offer if they couldn’t work from home or didn’t have flexible work hours.
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Post-pandemic work-life balance is important
Flexibility in working location is important to 77% of survey respondents. However, only 52% said their employers offered them remote working options.
Similarly, while four out of five of our survey respondents value flexible working hours, only 60% report that their employers provide them with this flexibility.
However, as employers expect their employees to return to the office throughout the week, work flexibility will gradually dwindle. This means that they will have less time to spend with their families and friends over the weekend as they must return to household chores and errands.
Furthermore, 27% of respondents said they had quit a job because it did not offer enough flexibility in terms of working hours and location.
As a result, Singaporeans who value the ability to work when and where they want may begin looking for other job opportunities with other companies.
Attract Talent by Hybrid Workspace
To meet the changing talent expectations exacerbated by the pandemic, company leaders who want to retain their employees and attract talent should consider offering flexible and remote work arrangements after the pandemic.
Companies can reconsider the purpose of the office as a place for people to come together to connect with one another, rather than being resigned to closed-off work cubicles, in addition to offering flexible work.
Working at their own desks would be similar to working from home because there would be no spontaneous opportunities to build relationships with their coworkers. For example, Google Singapore recently provides enough shared places for their programmer to improve their productivity and prevent them from leaving.
Read more: Google Singapore: Focus on the flexibility of employees
Over the last two years, employees have reconsidered how they want their careers to fit into their lives, said Jaya Dass, managing director at Randstad Singapore and Malaysia.
“Even though flexible working arrangements are important to employees in Singapore, not all companies are seen to be offering it as an option after the pandemic,” Dass said. “Employers that want to retain their employees should consider offering more flexible work models to meet the changing talent expectations that are brought about and exacerbated by the pandemic.”
How to implement a hybrid workspace?
Hybrid work means a mixed working style of working at the office and working from home. You can allow your employee to have high flexibility to choose their desirable workspace. You can also consider how to reduce the operational cost such as reducing the office workspace and fulfilling the expectation of both employees and administrators.
ONES, one of the famous management systems, can help you to easily implement hybrid working at ease. You can easily perform virtual meetings, desk-hoteling, and digital office management with our Room Booking, Desk Booking, and Visitor Management features.
ONES Software now has a dedicated page to introduce a series of hybrid working measures to help you solve problems. You may wish to go to https://ones.software/sg/hybrid-workspace/ for further reference.
Contact us: hello@ones.software, or visit ONEs Software official website for more information: https://ones.software/sg/.