Hybrid Workplace: The Future of Work

2. Hybrid Arrangement Or Style

A hybrid system is otherwise known as the blended system. It usually occurs in a situation where there is the need to balance two kinds of demands equitably to avoid any clash or conflict. The hybrid system is an initiative introduced to cater to the specific needs of a system or organization's active parties. If existing in a situation of unique requirements, a hybrid arrangement ought to serve as a solution to the challenges of location, distance, cost, availability, and management. It is safe to say that hybridity is an offshoot of technological advancements.

To define what hybridity is, especially in a workspace, it combines the physical work arrangement and the remote work system (Cook et al., 2020). In essence, some work in person on site of the business or organization while some work by virtue of the internet. This arrangement could also involve the same party of people, where they get to show up physically on site of the company and take the rest of the week's days to work remotely.

The hybrid working system ensures the organization employing it enjoys the special advantages that come with the remote working system (Trede et al., 2019b). In the package that comes with remote work, essential elements are flexibility at work, reduced labor cost, more satisfaction on the part of workers, and better environmental experiences. Also added is the benefit which comes with the traditional working system. There is the assurance of hands-on interaction of the existing culture in the work organization. Likewise, there comes the advantage of informal networking, more likely in-person collaboration, and the added benefits of a structure to help foster creativity. Where both the benefits of the traditional and remote workplace system coexist is referred to as the situation of hybridity (Malhotra & Reay, 2019).