Positive response for return-to-office module in Hyderabad: Hysea report

Hyderabad: With Covid-19 cases dwindling, the work from home model has taken a back seat for many companies. As per a new survey, more than half of the IT and ITeS companies in Hyderabad are fully functional and employees are allowed to work from office. Not just this, about three-fourths of companies have either communicated […]

Hyderabad: With Covid-19 cases dwindling, the work from home model has taken a back seat for many companies. As per a new survey, more than half of the IT and ITeS companies in Hyderabad are fully functional and employees are allowed to work from office.

Not just this, about three-fourths of companies have either communicated or are planning to communicate to employees to return to office in the next month or two.

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A survey by Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association (Hysea) with participation from 68 companies, representing 30 per cent of the industry in Telangana, showed positive indication for the return to office model. Among the surveyed, 56 per cent responded offices were fully functional and that employees were allowed, while 28 per cent were open in a restricted way for critical resources and only 16 per cent were not open at all.

The report also mentioned that almost 31 per cent of companies had written to employees to return to office in the next one or two months, while 43 per cent were planning to write soon and 27 per cent had no such plan so far.

About 65 per cent of companies said they would want 100 per cent of the employees back but in a hybrid model. However, 15 per cent said they would like 100 per cent of employees to back in office on all working days and 21 per cent were looking at calling only essential employees or they might follow role-based hybrid model.

“Hybrid work model is here to stay based on the majority of responses. If schools operate in full physical mode, then there is a possibility of more employees returning to office. The association also suggests there is need to create a generic set of guidelines that companies can as a baseline and customise. Just to keep employees happy, companies seem to resort to 100 per cent WFH initially but it must be understood that people are social beings and working remote in isolation sounds nice but there are various negative impacts observed both on personal side and professional front. For our young inexperienced employees, it is imperative that managers get to work and train them in person,” Hysea said in a statement.

Productivity issue was cited as the main driver for return to office policy, followed by client and business imperatives.

Companies also experience moonlighting, or employees taking advantage of work from home and working on multiple jobs simultaneously. About 78 per cent of companies said they had not observed moonlighting. Only 9 per cent felt it was prevalent.

Current work from office % of Respondents

Offices are fully functional & employees allowed: 56

Open in a restricted way for critical resources only: 28

Not open: 16

Future work models % of Respondents

100% of employees back in office every working days: 15

100% employees back but in a hybrid model: 65

Only essential employees or other role-based hybrid model: 21

Communication to Employees on return to office % of respondents

Already written: 31

Planning to write soon: 43

No plan so far for such communication: 27

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