COMM171 - Project 1_Process Assignemnt
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Title of the source for the Critique Essay
The permanently imperfect reality of hybrid work by Alex Christian
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Reverse outline Para 1: After the post-pandemic period, the trend shifted to hybrid work in 2023, with companies
testing new arrangements like fixed-home schedules.
Para 2: Employees supporting hybrid work in a global survey and inclining to 2.75 days of remote office in a week.
Para 3: Apart from the popularity of hybrid work, problems are occurring, some temporary and others are serious, that could become persistent at the end
Para 4-5: Hybrid work can be beneficial for team participation and employee autonomy, however, young employees can experience more mandatory in-person office which may create a dynamic where remote work needs to be earned.
Para 6: Old employees might have an upper hand on flexibility over the newer ones which could result in limiting the learning for the juniors.
Para 7-8: Jeetu Patel at Cisco focused on the importance of finding solutions for hybrid work as it might hinder young employees. He also added the focus should be on tasks and outcomes instead of strict rules for in-person offices which may create trust issues among employees.
Para 9-11: Leaders are suggesting workers come to the workplace without pressuring them, giving them full control over how to work, however, it may cause unhappiness in employees with the hybrid work approach.
Para 12-13: According to Leeman, 40% of employees find hybrid meetings challenging due to many workplaces are not compatible with them even though great progress in the last 5 years.
Para 14-15: Although employees like flexible schedules, having fewer in-person office days can balance work-life but still can cause social disconnection on remote days, which shows the office’s social environment. Para 16-17: Some bosses, like Johnny C Taylor Jr from SHRM, aren't sure about hybrid work and prefer employees back in the office, worried about its impact on team experience and culture, even though many CEOs accept hybrid as the new norm for flexibility.
Para 18-19: Many companies are shifted to four days of in-person offices like Disney and Nike plans to follow that starting next year. Many experts consider hybrid working will continue to exist despite many drawbacks due to its worldwide popularity and flexibility.
Para 20: Tanuj Kapilashrami solved hybrid work-related issues by learning team dynamics, applying flexible work based on roles, and workers' choices, and customizing workspace guidelines through private worker-manager sessions.
Para 21: Standard Chartered Bank has fixed pre-early-stage problems related to hybrid work using data analysis and clear rules which makes decisions more objective.
Para 22: 71% of employees of Standard Chartered Bank chose hybrid work, whereas 2% chose fully remote. Kapilashrami recommends solving the issue head-on and giving more priority to improvement rather than worrying over cultural concerns.
Para 23-24: As hybrid work is a comparatively new experiment, adjusting to it will take significant time. It will take decades to fully encounter the challenges and to understand the effects on workplace culture, career progression, and learning.
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Argument breakdown
Issue: The challenges and complexities of hybrid work faced by the employees in navigating their work-life.
Thesis: As hybrid work gets popular these days, the challenges that come with this should be addressed for its long-term success.
To embrace the hybrid working models, overcoming the problems of age gaps, employment challenges, and work-life balance to create a more sustainable and efficient work environment.
Reasons and Evidence:
1. Compared to old employees, new recruits are more likely to attend the office in-person which causes less flexibility for the young employees
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2. People who spend fewer days working in the office tend to have better balance between work and personal life. 3. Johnny C Taylor Jr, the CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, points out that some leaders are doubtful about hybrid work and might prefer everyone to go back to working in
the office full-time.
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Full Summary
Summarize your selected source in the form of a paragraph of about 100 words.
The Article “The Permanently Imperfect Reality of Hybrid Work”, written by Alex Christian, which was published on BBC on December 11
th
, (2023) discusses the transition from a conventional in-person office to a hybrid environment after the COVID pandemic and further emphasizes the drawbacks it brings. Many employees prefer the flexibility of Hybrid work, however, some new employees encounter challenges such as staying more hours than the old employees, and concerns about mentorship and career development. On top of that maintaining a
balance between in-person and remote work can raise possible concerns regarding balancing work-life and challenges in arranging hybrid meetings. Although many employers are doubtful about hybrid work, it seems like more and more employees are going to keep working in this way. Some companies are trying to get back to in-person offices which demonstrates their struggle to find the best way to adapt to this new transition. By analyzing data and utilizing it in addition to introducing personalized guidelines, Standard Chartered Bank is trying to make hybrid work more effective and efficient. The author concludes by highlighting that the hybrid work is still on trial on a global scale. He further emphasized the importance of learning and always being ready to adapt to properly grasp how hybrid work affects organizational culture, career development, and the learning process.