DCorona further promotes the digitalization of the world of work.and Skyrocket, Teams and co. does not necessarily merge the workforce: the gap between employees has recently tended to widen. The new representative survey data from the opinion research company YouGov shows this, and the insurance company HDI has commissioned the company to conduct the survey for the third consecutive year.
According to this, more than half of the respondents think that digital transformation is helpful, and a quarter of the respondents said that the growth is strong or very strong Digital works In the age of corona. For some, digital transformation has also improved the balance between private and professional lives; this is what about one-third of survey participants said.
However, compared with the previous year, more employees have more negative professional attitudes, and the number of people who no longer have fun at work has increased. Regarding the possible reasons, the study organizer wrote: “Employees who think digital transformation is helpful to their work are four times more likely to have fun at work than others.”
Who sees the positive and who sees the negative?
In the fields of tourism and medicine, as well as in advertising, marketing and media, more negative professional attitudes are often found. In June and July 2021, 3716 employees aged 15 and over were surveyed.
Have a more positive attitude towards your work Corona The most common are those who work in the information technology and telecommunications (ICT) industry. People with higher incomes (net income starting at 5,000 euros per month) also reported above average. Although leading a virtual team is considered challenging, a relatively large number of people in the management responsibilities surveyed believe that this change is positive for the bottom line.
Those who benefited from a better work-life balance due to Corona-related innovations also reported more than those who had not experienced better work-life balance or had no compatibility issues before in Corona Work fun. This coincides with the results of other studies. As early as July, a representative Prognos study commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs showed that six of the working parents surveyed with children under the age of 15 were able to report at least one new family-friendly measure. Period of the company. In most cases it is mobile and/or flexible work, and sometimes it is also related to childcare support.
“Indeed, advancing digitization affects companies in very different ways. The requirements and changes that digitization brings are also very different in companies,” said Inga Dransfeld-Haase, chairman of the Federal Association of Personnel Managers (BPM) and personnel manager of oil company BP. “Employees are not allowed to alienate.” The human resources department took this into consideration and resisted it. She gave an example of providing further training opportunities for employees, focusing on team development and leadership work.
But she also saw the explosive power of this question: vaccination-yes or no? “Only by adopting a higher vaccination quota can we strengthen workplace safety,” Dransfeld-Haase said. This is the only way to avoid the “two-level society” between employees. “The HR manager calls on all employees to take advantage of the numerous vaccination discounts available.”
Different opinions on home office
By the way, according to the survey, home office and mobile office are not better than the company’s office workstations. The employees are very different on this point. The home office scores high for independent work and concentration, but in face-to-face work, employees particularly appreciate this kind of communication and mutual support and appreciation.
More than half of people think it is more difficult to maintain the “our feeling” of social contact and distance. On the other hand, about half of the interviewees gave a good evaluation of the general availability of colleagues and superiors and mobile work.
