81% of employees think their employer should start preparing for hybrid work: Survey

More than 75% of Indian respondents are ready to return to the office, while 68% are expected to be back in the office one or more days by the end of June 2021, according to a global survey by Barco, a visualization and collaboration solution provider.

According to company’s annual research on meeting trends and engagement, 81% of employees think their employer should start preparing for hybrid work.

“Technically, the old argument about which tasks can or cannot be done remotely has been dispensed within the last 12-14 months. More than productivity, concerns regarding hybrid working are all about employees – about bonding, connection, job security, innovation, access, culture and control,” said Rajiv Bhalla, Managing Director, Barco India.


1 in 2 employees goes back to the office to host a meeting (60%). The preference for hybrid, in-person or virtual, meetings depend on the purpose and type of a meeting, as well as on the number of meeting participants. High engagement activities like decision-making, solution-solving or relationship-building require office-based meetings.

“We need to realistically navigate towards an office where everyone can thrive, businesses as well as people. Meetings are at the centre of engagement in hybrid workplaces and can make a real impact on business outcomes starting from an employee-centric mindset,” said Bhalla.

As the preference for people-centric tech becomes clearer, the laptop remains the number one tool for 85% of employees to host videocalls from. 53% believe that the company has not prioritized the investments they needed for better hybrid collaboration while 71% think that all meeting rooms need to be equipped with videoconferencing technology.