Workplace Wellbeing: We are not going back to the old ways 

Hybrid working is a change for the better but it can lead to disengagement, particularly among young employees, says a leading social entrepreneur 

Cork's Trigon Hotel Group has been accredited as a 'Great Place To Work' after applying for the first time. Picture: Brian Lougheed

"We're in the middle of a revolution,” says Jo Owen, a social entrepreneur and award-winning author. “In March 2020, working from home suddenly became the new normal.”

According to Ireland’s largest study of employees and employers in the workplace, the Laya Wellbeing Index 2022, two in five continue to work from home some of the time. “We’re not going back to the old ways,” says Owen. “That’s because hybrid working is a change for the better.”