| “All employees are working under the same conditions. All the rules and regulations apply to everyone without any exceptions.” |
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| “I believe if you’re truly a diverse company, you need to consider everyone.” |
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| “As long as the job task is completed, it doesn’t matter if they work remotely or on-site. No, working remotely doesn’t play a role in promotions. Promotions are only based on work performance, if they completed the tasks on time and correctly.” |
Equitable approaches in the hybrid work model |
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| “The evaluation process is the same for all employees. No segregation based on work modality.” |
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| “Company policies regarding access to resources are applied equally, and compliance with policies regarding these resources is mostly consistent.” |
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| “Married women employees were more demanding about working remotely because they need to take care of children.” |
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| “Often more experienced employees make more advanced comments because they have experience from other jobs regarding similar situations.” |
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| “We have employees from different religious groups, but most of these employees are not religious - atheist.” |
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| “The main factor is age. Young workers are more effective than the others. As for gender, male workers are more result-oriented than women, and women are more process-oriented than men.” |
Demographic effects in the hybrid work model |
| “Each individual's physical attributes and personal beliefs are irrelevant to the workplace and the tasks to be completed. Therefore, the only management necessary is to control the task given to those based on their skill-set (no bias or consideration of physical attributes or culture).” |
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| “An online discussion group has been created, and everyone can voice their opinions, whether they work remotely or on-site.” |
Inclusivity in the hybrid work model |
| “It doesn’t matter if they work remotely or on-site. No, working remotely doesn’t play a role in promotions. Promotions are only based on work performance.” |
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| “I talked to everyone a lot to gather their individual information. Based on their situation, I address their needs and try to adapt to them as much as possible.” |
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| “Situations arise from time to time where a policy may not be adhered to. If this happens, I would first explain this to the individual and establish their personal circumstances.” |
Personalized approaches |
| “We give women with children the opportunity to work more remotely. They usually come to the office three days a week on average. We give moms more remote work opportunities to make their work easier.” |
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| “Firstly, you follow all the policies and procedures in place and apply all the situations to those policies. The main issue with remote work is the question of trust. You would communicate to all concerned what you expect and ways of working.” |
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| “Expecting them to be available during working hours, to attend meetings, and most importantly, to get the work done on time.” |
Employee responsibilities |
| “The employees can work remotely; it doesn’t matter where they are, but the employee must be available when called. When there’s an urgent meeting, employees should be able to attend the meeting without internet problems.” |
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| “Employees are different based on their experience and qualifications, as well as the nature of the job. The management task is to recognize these differences and still keep the team working towards the goal.” |
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| “Working remotely or from the office depends on the position; some employees have to work from the office due to their work. For example, controllers must do on-site control; they don’t work remotely. It depends entirely on the work done. Unfortunately, working remotely in some departments is impossible.” |
Pillars of hybrid work |
| “Employees with internet connection problems may sometimes be unable to participate in collaborative work. Such situations are very challenging; if they cannot solve this problem, I ask them to come and work from the office.” |
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| “Employees who were married and have had children, especially women with children, were favored to work remotely, and they worked more remotely. After all, people have children, but this was sometimes inefficient because we were always hearing children's voices at meeting times, and the performance of women who paid more attention to their children inevitably decreased.” |
Challenging conditions and their effect on the work model |
| “The task of some positions is to scan the sources constantly; they are very confidential, and we cannot transfer them to the online system. Therefore, the conditions are unsuitable for remote work, and employees must come to work.” |
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| “People who need access to office resources for security reasons must come to the workplace.” |
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| “Remote work for certain tasks is unfeasible and adds the burden of time and resources to ensure quality output. It is extremely task specific.” |
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| “People who need to be physically present due to the nature of the work will be required to report to the workplace.” |
Factors that force on-site work |
| “Items that are only available in restricted areas cannot be accessed from home. E.g., critical servers require on-site access, communications equipment, and spares cannot be easily transported.” |
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| “It can be most challenging when conducting meetings online.” |
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| “The performance of on-site employees will be higher than that of remote employees. The performance of those who work from the office and those who work remotely cannot be the same; the performance of those who come to work is always better.” |
Prejudices against hybrid work |
| “Employees who work remotely do not feel authority in the workplace and avoid work.” |
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| “It has worked both ways for staff members, and where there has been negative trend in work performance, corrective actions have been taken.” |
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| Changing performance in a hybrid work model |
| “Generally, they like to hide or act aggressively with remote work.” |
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| “I think that the performance of remote workers has decreased relatively. Some of them concentrated more on the home.” |
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| “Some employees had difficulty using the technology, and we were negatively affected. The good thing was that things went faster, and we took quick action on some issues. However, for some employees, it wasn’t possible.” |
Changes in employees in the transition process to the hybrid work model |
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