隨著封城管制日漸放寬,返崗上班也成為了近在眼前的事情,據《財富》獨家發布的最新調查顯示,在回辦公室上班的問題上,美國白領最擔心就是同事會給自己帶來風險。
管控員工行為是企業面臨的棘手問題,尤其是下班后的時間。此外,員工可能還會擔心同事是否愿意遵守社交疏離的相關規定,或是在感覺不適時留在家中。
“如果你的同事傻乎乎地在晚上去參加地下聚會,那就太嚇人了。” 辦公空間運營商Industrious的首席執行官詹米?霍達里說。該公司與民調及數據公司Elucd合作開展了本次調查。
調查中,約37%的上班族表示,在考慮回辦公室上班這一問題時,最擔心的就是“辦公室其他同事的行為會給自己帶來風險。”相比之下,只有19%的受訪者將雇主預防舉措過于寬松列為首選。11%的受訪者最擔心新的健康管制措施會影響工作效率,另有8%的受訪者最為擔心則是通勤安全問題。
但仍有26%的受訪者表示對返回辦公室上班毫不擔心,人數位列調查第二位。
本次調查的結果為討論疫情期間返崗辦公問題提供了新的思路。不難理解,此前的討論多是圍繞雇主及辦公樓運營商所能控制的因素,比如加強清潔衛生、樓宇通風以及對辦公室進行重新設計以保持員工間距離等等。
霍達里表示:“能否取得良好效果一方面取決于人員密度,但更多的還是取決于大家的行為習慣以及是否能夠切實遵守各項規定。”
調查發現,盡管員工心懷顧慮,但多數人依然愿意回辦公室工作。60%的受訪者表示,如果條件允許,他們可能或很可能選擇回到辦公室。
另外,調查還發現,在不同情況下員工的態度確有差異。其中差別最大之處在于否需要乘坐公共交通通勤,與不需要乘坐公共交通的受訪者相比,需要乘坐公共交通工具上下班的受訪者對回辦公室工作明顯更為抵觸,他們中只有34%的人表示自己“很愿意”在辦公室重新開放時回去上班,而在那些不需要乘坐公共交通工具的受訪者中,這一數字為48%。
家中有孩子的上班族回辦公室上班的意愿比沒有孩子的上班族略高:48%的已為人父母的受訪者表示,當辦公室重新開放時,他們“很有可能”會回去上班,而在沒有孩子的受訪者中這一數字為45%。
霍達里表示,從調查結果可以明顯看出,員工面臨的情況各不相同,因而需要雇主更為靈活處理返崗辦公問題。“我真心希望多數美國企業能把選擇權交給員工,”他說,“有的員工住的地方可能離辦公室只有兩個街區,而且毫無顧慮,但也可能有員工對回辦公室工作充滿了焦慮、恐懼,這時候如果你強迫他們回到辦公室,他們可能很難做好自己的工作。”
此次調查是數據收集項目——Workstat的處女秀。這項由Industrious和Elucd合作開展的調查將會每周發布一次,通過提出不同問題來了解員工對工作場所的看法。
本次調查共訪問了745名疫情爆發前在辦公室工作的美國人,對包括年齡和種族等人口統計因素進行了加權處理。(財富中文網)
譯者:馮豐
審校:夏林
隨著封城管制日漸放寬,返崗上班也成為了近在眼前的事情,據《財富》獨家發布的最新調查顯示,在回辦公室上班的問題上,美國白領最擔心就是同事會給自己帶來風險。
管控員工行為是企業面臨的棘手問題,尤其是下班后的時間。此外,員工可能還會擔心同事是否愿意遵守社交疏離的相關規定,或是在感覺不適時留在家中。
“如果你的同事傻乎乎地在晚上去參加地下聚會,那就太嚇人了。” 辦公空間運營商Industrious的首席執行官詹米?霍達里說。該公司與民調及數據公司Elucd合作開展了本次調查。
調查中,約37%的上班族表示,在考慮回辦公室上班這一問題時,最擔心的就是“辦公室其他同事的行為會給自己帶來風險。”相比之下,只有19%的受訪者將雇主預防舉措過于寬松列為首選。11%的受訪者最擔心新的健康管制措施會影響工作效率,另有8%的受訪者最為擔心則是通勤安全問題。
但仍有26%的受訪者表示對返回辦公室上班毫不擔心,人數位列調查第二位。
本次調查的結果為討論疫情期間返崗辦公問題提供了新的思路。不難理解,此前的討論多是圍繞雇主及辦公樓運營商所能控制的因素,比如加強清潔衛生、樓宇通風以及對辦公室進行重新設計以保持員工間距離等等。
霍達里表示:“能否取得良好效果一方面取決于人員密度,但更多的還是取決于大家的行為習慣以及是否能夠切實遵守各項規定。”
調查發現,盡管員工心懷顧慮,但多數人依然愿意回辦公室工作。60%的受訪者表示,如果條件允許,他們可能或很可能選擇回到辦公室。
另外,調查還發現,在不同情況下員工的態度確有差異。其中差別最大之處在于否需要乘坐公共交通通勤,與不需要乘坐公共交通的受訪者相比,需要乘坐公共交通工具上下班的受訪者對回辦公室工作明顯更為抵觸,他們中只有34%的人表示自己“很愿意”在辦公室重新開放時回去上班,而在那些不需要乘坐公共交通工具的受訪者中,這一數字為48%。
家中有孩子的上班族回辦公室上班的意愿比沒有孩子的上班族略高:48%的已為人父母的受訪者表示,當辦公室重新開放時,他們“很有可能”會回去上班,而在沒有孩子的受訪者中這一數字為45%。
霍達里表示,從調查結果可以明顯看出,員工面臨的情況各不相同,因而需要雇主更為靈活處理返崗辦公問題。“我真心希望多數美國企業能把選擇權交給員工,”他說,“有的員工住的地方可能離辦公室只有兩個街區,而且毫無顧慮,但也可能有員工對回辦公室工作充滿了焦慮、恐懼,這時候如果你強迫他們回到辦公室,他們可能很難做好自己的工作。”
此次調查是數據收集項目——Workstat的處女秀。這項由Industrious和Elucd合作開展的調查將會每周發布一次,通過提出不同問題來了解員工對工作場所的看法。
本次調查共訪問了745名疫情爆發前在辦公室工作的美國人,對包括年齡和種族等人口統計因素進行了加權處理。(財富中文網)
譯者:馮豐
審校:夏林
As coronavirus lockdowns begin to ease, the biggest fear among white-collar workers in the U.S. about returning to the office is their coworkers’ behavior, according to a new survey shared exclusively with Fortune.
Controlling employees’ behavior—including when they’re not in the office at all—is a thorny challenge. Workers may also be concerned about one another’s willingness to keep physical distance in the office, or to stay home if they feel sick.
“If your colleague is behaving in way that’s silly, they’re going to underground parties at night, that’s scary,” says Jamie Hodari, CEO of Industrious, an office space operator, which conducted the survey in partnership with the polling and data company Elucd.
Approximately 37% of office-going adults said that, when thinking about returning to the office, they are most concerned that “others in my office will behave in a way that puts me in danger.” By contrast, just 19% of respondents cited lax measures by their employer as their biggest concern about returning. Eleven percent were most worried about productivity under new health restrictions, and 8% were most concerned about the safety of their commute.
But a little more than a fourth of survey respondents (26%)—the second-largest group of respondents—said they had no concerns at all about returning to the office.
The results cast new light on the discourse around returning to the workplace during the coronavirus pandemic. Much of that has understandably focused on elements that employers and building operators can control, such as enhanced cleaning protocols, building ventilation, and redesigning offices to keep distance between workers.
“Some of this depends on density," says Hodari, “But a lot of it depends on the way people behave and comply with protocols or not.”
Despite that anxiety, the survey found most workers are amenable to getting back to the office. Sixty percent of respondents said they were likely or very likely to return to the office when they had the option to do so.
The survey did find deviations between office workers in different circumstances. Above all, those who commute using public transit are substantially more hesitant to return to work than those who do not. Only 34% of public transit commuters said
they were “very likely” to return to work when offices reopen, compared with 48% of non-transit commuters.
Office workers with kids at home were slightly more likely to want to get back to the office than those without kids: 48% of parents said they were “very likely” to return when offices reopened, compared with 45% of those without kids.
Hodari says the results highlight the diverse situations faced by workers as well as the need for flexibility from employers. “I really hope that most American businesses approach this as a question of employee choice,” he says. “There are going to be employees who live two blocks from the office and have no concerns, and there will be employees who can barely get their work done if you force them to come into the office, because they’re going to be riddled with anxiety and fear.”
The survey is the inaugural edition of a new data-gathering project called Workstat. The collaboration between Industrious and Elucd will conduct weekly surveys with an evolving set of questions about workers’ attitudes toward their workplace.
The current survey covers responses from 745 U.S. adults who worked in offices prior to the coronavirus crisis, weighted by demographic factors including age and race.