- The report finds that remote employees register more productive hours, less interruptions
- The hybrid model offers flexibility, but leads to shorter work breaks
- Health workers face a high risk of exhaustion despite the greatest productivity
The latest Activity Productivity Lab report on productivity trends in the workplace has revealed that the location of the work significantly affects productivity, and the remote companies first, where employees work remotely most of the time, are a greater productivity of suppliers, reduce interruptions and are the most popular.
The survey covers 958 companies and 135,098 employees, offering an overview of productivity in several sectors, such as financial services, medical care, insurance and professional services.
He found that productivity levels in various industries vary: employees in the financial sector registered 30 more minutes of productive time per day than their peers in other sectors, and these employees also exhibited a 9% higher healthy use rate, which, which It means that they were working efficiently without the risks of exhaustion or underutilization.
A matter of balance?
Similarly, employees in the health industry also registered a more productive time than the average cross industry, with additional work per day. However, more than a third of medical care employees face a high risk of exhaustion or disconnection, since they fall into the overuse either Underutilized categories.
In the insurance sector, employees spend 18 minutes less per day in collaboration applications than their peers, but there is a 41% lower underutilization rate, which suggests that employees are generally more compromised and work for capacity.
Most companies (55%) adopt the first remote model where employees spend more than 60% of their time working remotely, however, 25% of companies prefer hybrid approach.
Only 18% of companies use the first office configurations where employees spend most of their time in the office, while only 2% of companies use only remote models, where employees work completely from the home.
Interestingly, remote employees register more productive hours per day on average compared to those of other models, probably due to the least meetings and interruptions in person. In contrast, office employees first exhibit the most balanced work patterns, with almost 70% of their time spent on a healthy state.
Hybrid employees take slightly shorter breaks (90 minutes on average compared to 104-120 minutes for other models), suggesting that work management in both environments could introduce more intensity in their work days. Despite this, the hybrid model is gaining popularity for its flexibility.
Activrak warns that employees who spend more than 75% of their time in excessive state exhaustion, while those who pass more than 75% of their time in a disconnection of the underutilized state risk.
For employees only at a distance, 31% of its time is dedicated to an excessive state, which is the highest among all work models. However, they are also the most centered, passing an average of 4 hours and 24 minutes per day in individual tasks without interruptions. As expected, your collaboration time is very low, which means they have less opportunities for group work compared to employees who spend some time in the office.
“Our latest study reveals that the model and location in the workplace, whether an office, remote or hybrid, really affects the way we work, focus and collaborate,” said the company’s customer director and the head of Productivity laboratory productivity, Gabriela Mauch.
“As organizations contemplate flexible workforce policies, a return to the office or other changes in organizational design, it is essential that leaders first understand basal productivity data and the potential impact of the location on participation and participation and employee performance “.
