Working remotely is more productive

The Choice of location and flexible working hours are the top enablers for productivity in the hybrid work landscape, with nearly five in ten Indian hybrid workers considering themselves more productive when working remotely, as per the survey of Gartner. Indian workers’ use of technology has accelerated since the onset of the global pandemic in 2020. Improved digital dexterity, willingness to use real-time mobile messaging and virtual meeting solutions, along with scheduled flexibility, led to employees experiencing an uptick in their overall productivity while working from home.

Indian workers reported that they gained more productivity working remotely and not dealing with pronounced traffic conditions which could span three to four hours each way. More than 40% of surveyed workers in the U.K., France and Germany indicated their productivity stayed the same, while more than 30% of Australian workers said they were more or much more productive working from home. The survey showed that Indian workers use real-time mobile messaging daily.

Of those surveyed, 83% Indian digital workers confirmed that they use real-time mobile messaging to conduct most work activities and prefer this tool over other virtual communication tools available when working remotely. Digital workplace technologies replaced in-person conversations, co-authoring content with co-workers in real-time and offline file transfers in 2020. These digital workplace technologies have now emerged as the core components of the “new work hub” which represents an evergreen collection of cloud-based, personal and team productivity technologies.

At the same time, Globally, 60% of workers said they use messaging tools daily, including 50% using collaboration and storage/sharing tools daily. Contrary to their counterparts in China and Japan, Indian hybrid workers reported that they prefer virtual meetings over in-person meetings. Virtual meetings have always been desired by Indian workers. During the pandemic, Indian workers experienced first-hand flexibility benefits they can reap out of virtual meetings, and now this has become their preferred choice.

Deepak Sahu, President & CEO, VARINDIA