Drawbacks of Offering a Hybrid Workplace By Lisa Ryan Removing the physical office boundaries, many employees thrived during the pandemic. This challenged the belief that the remote work environment decreases productivity and cannot produce as many results as office work. Many careers that in the past seemed impossible in a remote environment made it to fruition. However, businesses found that moving to a hybrid model may give them the best of both worlds between fully in-person and fully-remote. A hybrid workplace – one that gives employees the freedom to choose how often they work from home versus going into the office – has many benefits, including employee flexibility, expanded candidate pool, and increased profitability. But with all these positive outcomes, there are a few drawbacks you may want to consider before going full speed ahead. Decreased collaboration. When regularly working in the same space, employees have more opportunities for impromptu exchanges, quick decision-making, and on-demand meetings. A hybrid environment is more challenging because employees are separated from the day-to-day chatter. It may be more difficult to get people to
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