IBM Sees 80% of Employees Working in Hybrid Roles After Pandemic
- CEO is concerned about building community and advancement
- Much of IBM’s office space will be closed or reconfigured
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International Business Machines Corp. expects 80% of its employees to work in a hybrid model after the pandemic, a setup that offers flexibility but also poses challenges for community-building and upward mobility for staff in a virtual workspace.
The majority of workers “will spend at least three days a week, maybe not all eight to 10 hours, but at least some fraction of those three days, in the office,” Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said Wednesday in an interview during the Bloomberg Future of Work seminar.