{"id":1227,"date":"2022-08-19T17:12:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T09:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2023-06-02T10:07:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T02:07:57","slug":"singaporeans-reject-jobs-not-provide-hybrid-work-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/08\/19\/singaporeans-reject-jobs-not-provide-hybrid-work-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Singaporeans now reject jobs that do not provide a hybrid work option"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Top job requirements in Singapore: ability to work from home and flexible hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More than 40% of&nbsp;workers quit firms not offering enough flexibility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.randstad.com.sg\/hr-trends\/workforce-trends\/singapore-employees-rather-be-jobless-than-feel-unhappy-at-work\/\"> latest Workmonitor survey<\/a>, based on 1,000 local respondents, <strong>more than 40%<\/strong> of people said they would not accept a job offer if they couldn&#8217;t work from home or didn&#8217;t have flexible work hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_34 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><label for=\"item\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/08\/19\/singaporeans-reject-jobs-not-provide-hybrid-work-option\/#Post-pandemic_work-life_balance_is_important\" title=\"Post-pandemic work-life balance is important\">Post-pandemic work-life balance is important<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/08\/19\/singaporeans-reject-jobs-not-provide-hybrid-work-option\/#Attract_Talent_by_Hybrid_Workspace\" title=\"Attract Talent by Hybrid Workspace\">Attract Talent by Hybrid Workspace<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/08\/19\/singaporeans-reject-jobs-not-provide-hybrid-work-option\/#How_to_implement_a_hybrid_workspace\" title=\"How to implement a hybrid workspace?\">How to implement a hybrid workspace?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Post-pandemic_work-life_balance_is_important\"><\/span>Post-pandemic work-life balance is important<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Flexibility in working location is important to 77% of survey respondents. However, only 52% said their employers offered them remote working options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, while<strong> four out of five <\/strong>of our survey respondents value flexible working hours, only 60% report that their employers provide them with this flexibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, 27% of respondents said they had quit a job because it did not offer enough flexibility in terms of working hours and location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Attract_Talent_by_Hybrid_Workspace\"><\/span>Attract Talent by Hybrid Workspace<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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&nbsp;improve their productivity and prevent them  from leaving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/08\/01\/google-singapore-hybrid-work\/\">Google Singapore: Focus on the flexibility of employees<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven 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,\u201d Dass said. \u201cEmployers 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_implement_a_hybrid_workspace\"><\/span>How to implement a hybrid workspace?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cB1Clpl5YOU&amp;t=5s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hybrid work<\/a>&nbsp;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/hk-en\/bookings-one\/request-demo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ONES,<\/a>&nbsp;one of the famous management systems, can help you to easily implement hybrid working at ease.&nbsp;&nbsp;You can easily perform virtual meetings, desk-hoteling, and digital office management with our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/hk-en\/bookings-one\/room-booking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Room Booking<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/hk-en\/bookings-one\/desk-booking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Desk Booking,<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/hk-en\/bookings-one\/visitor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visitor Management<\/a>&nbsp;features.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/hk-en\/bookings-one\/request-demo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ONES Software<\/a>&nbsp;now has a dedicated page to introduce a series of hybrid working measures to help you solve problems. You may wish to go to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/sg\/hybrid-workspace\/\">https:\/\/ones.software\/sg\/hybrid-workspace\/<\/a>&nbsp;for further reference.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact us:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:hello@ones.software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hello@ones.software<\/a>, or visit ONEs Software official website for more information:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/sg\/\">https:\/\/ones.software\/sg\/<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singaporeans reject jobs that do not provide a hybrid work option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[182,93,118,157,194,42,196],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-singapore-work-culture","tag-flexible-work-arrangements-singapore","tag-future-of-work","tag-hybrid-working","tag-singapore","tag-singapore-hybrid-working","tag-smart-office","tag-work-from-home-singapore-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1227"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3376,"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions\/3376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}