其實甚至是在新冠肺炎疫情爆發(fā)之前,,美國人的工作方式就已經不起作用了。
“對人們來說,,公司的工作環(huán)境是不可持續(xù)的,,并且和生活不協(xié)調?!泵栏呙范燃偌瘓F(MGM Resorts)的商業(yè)發(fā)展總裁阿提夫·拉菲克說道,。
過去15年來, Gensler公司一直在對辦公室職員進行民意調查,,該公司的聯合首席執(zhí)行官黛安·霍斯金斯表示,,人們在辦公室的時間大約有一半都花在干“以個人為中心的活動”上,但他們日益縮小的工作空間卻不利于此類活動的開展,。
霍斯金斯稱:“關于工作環(huán)境是否有助于開展工作的問題,,人們的看法確實變得更加負面?!钡S著新冠肺炎疫情從根本上改變了我們的工作和生活方式,,現在正是“重新思考工作環(huán)境應該是什么樣子的重啟時刻,”她說,。
上周,,拉菲克和霍斯金斯在《財富》雜志的圓桌會議上談到,隨著職場人從公司辦公室轉向在家辦公,,疫情正在創(chuàng)造現代史上最大規(guī)模的勞動實驗,。
IBM的首席人力資源官尼克爾·拉莫羅說:“自工業(yè)革命以來,經理人和領導者第一次不得不認真考慮工作設計的問題,?!?/p>
拉莫羅說,,IBM擁有35萬名員工,分布在150多個國家,,盡管有些員工希望公司能夠統(tǒng)一規(guī)定全球各地重返辦公室的時間,,但公司想要強調沒有一刀切的模式。她說,,IBM公司認為,,未來將會出現在辦公室和在家辦公混合的模式,但員工應該還是會住在離IBM基地或辦公樓通勤距離以內的地方,。
Rich Talent Group是一家為高增長企業(yè)提供高管獵頭服務的公司,,它的創(chuàng)始人及首席執(zhí)行官賈娜·里奇表示,公司的大多數客戶都認為員工不可能永遠居家辦公,。她說,,公司都希望新聘用的雇員在確保安全的情況下盡快搬家,高層領導尤其如此,。但一些求職者希望公司最終可以改變主意,。“說實話,,我認為這種想法很冒險,。”里奇說,,“我們在提供咨詢時會非常注意,,盡量建議大家不要做出此類假設?!?/p>
里奇還指出,,她為這些高層職位招聘的職員中,88%是女性和有色人種,。她很擔心,,等到形勢足夠安全能夠去辦公室上班,而邊緣群體和代表性不足的群體出現在辦公室辦公的難度更大,,到時會對他們產生怎么樣的影響,。
其他人也有同樣的擔憂。拉菲克說:“我們需要創(chuàng)造更多讓人們獲得獎勵和晉升的通道,?!背俏覀冋嬲龅搅诉@一點,而且有真正的證據證明這一點,,否則“職場行為不會真正改變,。”他說,采用靈活上班的方式不應該影響你在公司的地位:“真正有影響的應該是你的潛力和表現,?!?/p>
拉莫羅表示,此前IBM就不得不探討,,要讓績效管理,、獎勵和表彰系統(tǒng)以“結果”為基礎,“而非活動”,。
“早在疫情之前,,我們針對這個問題就已經說了很多了?!彼f,,“但從某種程度上講,是這次危機讓我們把這個問題拿到臺面上,?!?/p>
布萊恩·埃利奧特是Slack的前平臺負責人,也是未來論壇(Future Forum)的副主席,。未來論壇是由Slack領導的一個新聯盟,,創(chuàng)建目的是對現代職場進行反思。他說,,已經聽到很多人擔心,如果公司允許靈活選擇上班方式,,但高層卻每天都出現在辦公室,,情況又會如何。他表示,,這種“虛假的靈活工作制”會讓員工覺得自己是二等公民:“靈活工作制能否成功,,其中一個關鍵決定因素將是高管會怎么做?!?/p>
但千禧一代和Z世代似乎也在想念辦公室,。軟銀投資顧問公司(SoftBank Investment Advisers)的合伙人基爾西加·雷迪表示,這兩個群體也感覺和外界的聯系變少了,,他們“不想成為‘Zoom’一代”,。霍斯金斯說:“不然的話,,他們將無法得到期望能夠在職場上得到的指導,。”(財富中文網)
譯者:Agatha
其實甚至是在新冠肺炎疫情爆發(fā)之前,,美國人的工作方式就已經不起作用了,。
“對人們來說,公司的工作環(huán)境是不可持續(xù)的,并且和生活不協(xié)調,?!泵栏呙范燃偌瘓F(MGM Resorts)的商業(yè)發(fā)展總裁阿提夫·拉菲克說道。
過去15年來,, Gensler公司一直在對辦公室職員進行民意調查,,該公司的聯合首席執(zhí)行官黛安·霍斯金斯表示,人們在辦公室的時間大約有一半都花在干“以個人為中心的活動”上,,但他們日益縮小的工作空間卻不利于此類活動的開展,。
霍斯金斯稱:“關于工作環(huán)境是否有助于開展工作的問題,人們的看法確實變得更加負面,?!钡S著新冠肺炎疫情從根本上改變了我們的工作和生活方式,現在正是“重新思考工作環(huán)境應該是什么樣子的重啟時刻,,”她說,。
上周,拉菲克和霍斯金斯在《財富》雜志的圓桌會議上談到,,隨著職場人從公司辦公室轉向在家辦公,,疫情正在創(chuàng)造現代史上最大規(guī)模的勞動實驗。
IBM的首席人力資源官尼克爾·拉莫羅說:“自工業(yè)革命以來,,經理人和領導者第一次不得不認真考慮工作設計的問題,。”
拉莫羅說,,IBM擁有35萬名員工,,分布在150多個國家,盡管有些員工希望公司能夠統(tǒng)一規(guī)定全球各地重返辦公室的時間,,但公司想要強調沒有一刀切的模式,。她說,IBM公司認為,,未來將會出現在辦公室和在家辦公混合的模式,,但員工應該還是會住在離IBM基地或辦公樓通勤距離以內的地方。
Rich Talent Group是一家為高增長企業(yè)提供高管獵頭服務的公司,,它的創(chuàng)始人及首席執(zhí)行官賈娜·里奇表示,,公司的大多數客戶都認為員工不可能永遠居家辦公。她說,,公司都希望新聘用的雇員在確保安全的情況下盡快搬家,,高層領導尤其如此。但一些求職者希望公司最終可以改變主意,?!罢f實話,,我認為這種想法很冒險?!崩锲嬲f,,“我們在提供咨詢時會非常注意,盡量建議大家不要做出此類假設,?!?/p>
里奇還指出,她為這些高層職位招聘的職員中,,88%是女性和有色人種,。她很擔心,等到形勢足夠安全能夠去辦公室上班,,而邊緣群體和代表性不足的群體出現在辦公室辦公的難度更大,,到時會對他們產生怎么樣的影響。
其他人也有同樣的擔憂,。拉菲克說:“我們需要創(chuàng)造更多讓人們獲得獎勵和晉升的通道,。”除非我們真正做到了這一點,,而且有真正的證據證明這一點,,否則“職場行為不會真正改變?!彼f,,采用靈活上班的方式不應該影響你在公司的地位:“真正有影響的應該是你的潛力和表現?!?/p>
拉莫羅表示,,此前IBM就不得不探討,要讓績效管理,、獎勵和表彰系統(tǒng)以“結果”為基礎,“而非活動”,。
“早在疫情之前,,我們針對這個問題就已經說了很多了?!彼f,,“但從某種程度上講,是這次危機讓我們把這個問題拿到臺面上,?!?/p>
布萊恩·埃利奧特是Slack的前平臺負責人,也是未來論壇(Future Forum)的副主席,。未來論壇是由Slack領導的一個新聯盟,,創(chuàng)建目的是對現代職場進行反思,。他說,已經聽到很多人擔心,,如果公司允許靈活選擇上班方式,,但高層卻每天都出現在辦公室,情況又會如何,。他表示,,這種“虛假的靈活工作制”會讓員工覺得自己是二等公民:“靈活工作制能否成功,其中一個關鍵決定因素將是高管會怎么做,?!?/p>
但千禧一代和Z世代似乎也在想念辦公室。軟銀投資顧問公司(SoftBank Investment Advisers)的合伙人基爾西加·雷迪表示,,這兩個群體也感覺和外界的聯系變少了,,他們“不想成為‘Zoom’一代”?;羲菇鹚拐f:“不然的話,,他們將無法得到期望能夠在職場上得到的指導?!保ㄘ敻恢形木W)
譯者:Agatha
Even before the pandemic, the way Americans worked wasn’t working.
“The corporate work environment is not sustainable for human beings and doesn’t comport with life,” says Atif Rafiq, president of commercial and growth for MGM Resorts.
Diane Hoskins, co-CEO of Gensler, whose company has been surveying workers for the past 15 years, says people spend about half their time at the office on “individual-focused activities”—something their shrinking workspaces do not foster.
“There’s been a real decline in how people perceive the effectiveness of the workplace to support the work they do every day,” says Hoskins. But as COVID-19 radically alters the way we work and live, this is a “reboot moment to think about what the workplace should be,” she says.
Rafiq and Hoskins spoke as part of a Fortune roundtable last week on how the pandemic is creating the biggest workforce experiment in modern history as employees have shifted from corporate offices to working from home.
“Not since the industrial revolution have managers and leaders had to think about work design,” says Nickle LaMoreaux, IBM chief human resources officer.
LaMoreaux says IBM, with its 350,000 employees spanning more than 150 countries, has tried to emphasize that there is no “one size fits all” model for returning to the office—even as some employees have wanted worldwide timelines. She says that the company believes there will be a hybrid model of working from home and the office going forward, but it expects employees will live within commuting distance to an IBM hub or office.
Jana Rich, founder and CEO of Rich Talent Group, an executive search firm for high-growth companies, says most of her clients are not saying employees can be remote forever. Companies want new hires to relocate as soon as it’s safe, she says, and that’s especially the case for senior leaders. But some candidates are hopeful employers will eventually change their minds. “I think it’s risky, to be honest,” Rich says. “We’re counseling really carefully not to make those assumptions.”
Rich also notes that 88% of the people she’s recruiting into these top roles are women and people of color. She’s concerned what impact it will have on marginalized and underrepresented groups if they are less able to be physically in the office when it’s safe to do so.
Rich’s concern was echoed by the rest of the group. “We need to create a lot more pathways for people to be rewarded and promoted,” Rafiq says. Unless that happens and there are real proof points, “the social behaviors will not really change.” He says taking advantage of flexibility shouldn’t influence your status at the company: “It should really be your potential and your performance.”
LaMoreaux says IBM has had to talk about centering its performance management and rewards and recognition systems on “outcomes, not activities.”
“We’ve been saying that a lot prior to the pandemic,” she says. “But this has been kind of the crisis that has made us bring that to the forefront.”
Brian Elliott, the former head of platform at Slack and VP of Future Forum, a new Slack-led consortium that aims to rethink the modern workplace, says he’s consistently heard concerns over what happens if a company allows flexibility but the C-suite shows up at the office every day. He says this “faux flexibility” can lead employees to feel like second-class citizens: “One of the key determinants of success is going to be how executives themselves behave.”
But it seems that millennials and members of Gen Z are also missing the office. Kirthiga Reddy, a partner with SoftBank Investment Advisers, says this group is feeling less connected and “does not want to be the Zoom” generation. Says Hoskins, “They’re not going to get the mentoring they’re looking for.”