【工作新常態】混合工作模式可令員工改善健康 生產力亦有所增加 Hybrid work model: The game-changer for employee health and productivity

受疫情影響，各地提倡改變工作型態，不少企業試行混合工作模式。混合工作是一種彈性的工作模式，員工可選擇在實體辦公室或遙距工作，有助減少通勤並節省時間。靈活辦公空間營運商IWG近日發表了一項英國調查，訪問了2,000多名採用混合工作模式的員工，結果顯示通勤時間下降為他們的健康帶來正面影響。

採用混合工作模式的員工平均每星期進行4.7小時的運動，相比起疫情前的每星期3.4小時較多。常見的運動為步行、跑步和力量訓練。他們睡眠時間也同樣增加，每天早上額外的睡眠時間令他們每年多享71小時的睡眠時間。

此外，他們的飲食習慣亦有顯著改善。七成受訪者表示混合工作模式令他們每天都有時間準備健康的早餐，54%受訪者指他們每星期有更多時間烹調富有營養的膳食。因而，運動量提升、睡眠質素改善和更健康的飲食習慣令27%受訪者的體重有所下降。

混合工作模式亦令員工生產力增加。79%的受訪者表示，工作相關的壓力自2020年以來逐漸減少，令他們變得更有效率，下班以後也有更多時間放鬆。史丹福商學院的經濟學家Nicholas Bloom的研究發現，混合工作模式能令生產力上升3-4%，為企業和員工帶來效益。

81% 受訪者認為，相較2020年之前，他們有更多私人時間管理心理和生理上的健康。繼而讓員工在工作上變得有效率，有效達至員工和企業雙贏的局面。

As the pandemic continues to shape our work and lifestyles, many businesses have embraced hybrid working as a potential solution. This flexible approach to work allows employees to choose between working in a physical office or remotely from home or a different location, reducing commuting times and saving valuable time. Recently, the flexible workspace provider IWG conducted a survey in the UK, interviewing over 2,000 employees who have adopted hybrid working, and found that reducing commute times had a positive impact on their health.

On average, employees using hybrid working reported doing 4.7 hours of exercise per week, compared to 3.4 hours before the pandemic. Common activities include walking, running, and strength training. They also reported increased sleeping times, with an additional sleep time of each morning, resulting in 71 extra hours of sleep per year.

In addition, their eating habits have also improved significantly, with 70% of respondents saying that the hybrid working model gave them time to prepare a healthy breakfast every day, and 54% stating that they had more time each week to cook nutritious meals. As a result, increased exercise, improved sleep quality, and healthier eating habits led to 27% of respondents reducing in weight.

Hybrid working has also increased employee productivity. 79% of those surveyed reported that work-related stress had decreased since 2020, making them more efficient and giving them more time to relax after work. Research by Nicholas Bloom, an economist at Stanford Business School, found that hybrid working can increase productivity by 3-4%, benefiting both employees and businesses.

81% of respondents believed that they had more personal time to manage their mental and physical health than before 2020. This has resulted in greater efficiency at work, ultimately leading to a win-win situation for both employees and businesses.