Workplace Wellbeing: Navigating work from your living room 

Hybrid working has become commonplace, but it’s in the experimental stage. Employees and managers are still learning how to balance productivity with a healthy work-life balance

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The world of work was upended in March 2020 when all but the most essential employees were told to work from home. In those anxious days of struggling with Zoom calls while working from the kitchen table, few imagined they would still be working from home four years later.

The third annual Remote Working in Ireland Survey in 2023 found 38% of its 5,929 respondents were working remotely. Another 59% were working on a hybrid basis, and only 3% were working fully onsite.