Hybrid Work
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Hybrid Work

Making It Fit With Your Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy

Bonnie Dowling, Drew Goldstein, Michael Park and Holly Price
McKinsey, 2022
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A survey conducted by McKinsey & Company reveals how much employees want to maintain hybrid work. Having gotten accustomed to its flexibility during the pandemic, the overwhelming majority prefer it to the old daily commute. McKinsey authors Bonnie Dowling, Drew Goldstein, Michael Park, and Holly Price report that this employee preference is even more pronounced among “traditionally underrepresented groups.” A significant number of employees, some 70% of respondents, say they would jump ship to be able to keep working from home for at least part of the week. Executive and HR officers who aim to avoid turnover and pursue diversity, equity, and inclusion need to consider ways to continue offering hybrid work.

Summary

During the pandemic, employees reconsidered the relationship between work and the rest of their lives.

Employees who responded to a McKinsey & Company survey recommended that organizations should provide more work-from-home options, as well as flexible hours and more parental and sick leave. During the pandemic, many companies experimented with policies permitting employees to work from home or pretty much anywhere else. Surveys show that while employees want hybrid work to continue, employers would prefer to have everyone return to the office.

This preference is so strong that nearly 70% of employees who prefer hybrid work say that they would seek an alternative job if their current employer no longer offered a hybrid schedule. Workers sought flexibility even before the...

About the Authors

The authors all hold positions with McKinsey. Bonnie Dowling (Denver) is an expert associate partner, Drew Goldstein (Miami) is a solution associate partner, Michael Park (New York) is a senior partner, and Holly Price (Houston) is a knowledge expert.

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