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Deskless workers should join the flexible work conversation too
Two weeks.
That’s how long Americans were originally forecast to work from home.
Fast forward 10 months and former office-dwellers are still working sans pants at their kitchen tables. According to PwC report,78 percent of CEOs say flexible work is “the new normal.”
Last year, the company surveyed 699 executives of small firms and billion-dollar enterprises worldwide to learn more about the impact of COVID-19. Data shows executives are increasingly shifting their priorities toward:
a) digitizing core business operations and standard operating procedures and
b) developing “a more flexible and employee-oriented workforce.”
In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the overall attitude toward flexible work at the moment. We’ll also discuss how and why executives must include deskless workers in the increasing shift toward digital collaboration.
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