By Stuart Sharp, VP of solution engineering at OneLogin
According to predictions from the Office of National Statistics, 50% of the UK workforce is expected to be working remotely by 2020. Many organisations have been preparing for this eventuality for many years, as can be seen from the increased uptake of ‘working from home policies’. This is no surprise considering the advancements in technology and the growing expectation of flexible working hours from the modern workforce. This has led many to query: how useful is the traditional office space?
Nowadays, it is common for global enterprises to split up their workforces between multiple locations, often in different countries and occasionally not in an office at all. The number of employees who work from home routinely as part of their job has increased dramatically over the past few years. Many companies have begun to offer incentives to employees such as ‘work from home Fridays’, with the aim of increasing morale and staff retention rates.
According to recent research on the distributed, diverse workforce of the future, 97% of CIOs said that they expect their workplaces to be widely dispersed across locations and time zones, with part-time employees, contractors and contingent workers playing a bigger role in businesses. Today, more than 77 million millennials are active members of the workforce. This sizable group represents an enormous proportion of the working population – and they are increasingly unwilling to take a technological step back when entering the workplace. Colloquially referred to as “the generation that grew up shopping on Amazon.co.uk”, these employees expect a mobile-first work environment. These individuals are fuelling the freelance economy and will change em ..
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