Colliers study: 70 percent of employees want to continue working mostly from home even after easing the measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus

About 7 out of 10 Romanian employees want to continue to work mostly from home even after easing the measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus and after the state of emergency ends, according to Colliers International. Out of these, 60 percent believe that working remotely would be useful at least 1-2 days a week, and 10 percent would like to work even 3-4 days from home in the next period.

A quarter of employees expect to return to the office in May, but their work in office buildings will resume gradually, depending on the evolution of the coronavirus epidemic and further measures announced by the authorities. At the same time, it is expected that some companies will continue to apply remote working policies for a longer period, at least for employees who have children, in the context of suspending the activity of schools until fall.

“Social distancing could be maintained for longer periods, which can mean a larger-scale mix of work in the office and from home. Adaptation and rapid action are the key words these days, but concern for people’s health and business is also essential. From the beginning of the pandemic, at Colliers we started this process with a clear thing in mind, that we must act immediately, with innovative solutions, taking into account that the owners and tenants of office buildings need to recalibrate services during this period, but also further”, says Andrei Voica, Director Project Management and Workplace Consultancy, Office Advisory at Colliers International.