The third and final set of findings from our project "The Work We Want" is now available! "The Work Life We Want" looks into the reality of managing the new flexible workforce, as well as the reforms needed to protect businesses and workers in the new world of work.
According to our global survey of more than 700 business leaders from private and public organisations, flexibility has become a non-negotiable in the world of work:
- 83% of senior executives say that following the pandemic, employees place as much value on flexibility around where and when they work as they do on compensation
- 82% consider that the idea of a person following one career path in their lifetime has gone for good
- 83% believe that there is a need to build awareness of the diverse types of labour contracts available to workers today, and to enable individuals to choose what suits them best.
The end game is to shape sustainable new models of work, delivering a win-win situation for workers, companies and society as a whole. Only 38% of business leaders feel fully empowered to get the optimal mix between diverse forms of work and 37% to recruit agency workers at the scale they would like.
