Brain: Does hybrid work favor mental health?

The depressionaccording to the WHOalso impairs the ability to carry out tasks of the daily routinesuch as working, sleeping, studying or eating. For this, the companies that provide spaces, processes, accompaniment and tools that promote the professional development in an environment that prioritizes mental healththey can make a difference.

The hybrid work model It comes to satisfy this demand of the collaborators. The flexibility to choose where to work and how; the reduction of travel time, which allows us to spend time with family, friends, and personal projects; and the restructuring of work dynamics that this model implies, which usually results in a better division of tasks or in doing certain processes faster and more effectiveproduce not only a better balance between work and personal life, but also reduce the consequences that work can generate in our mental health.

Thanks to the flexibility and to hybrid work modelthe burnout (exhaustion) experienced by employees decreased from Four. Five% (in the middle of the pandemic) to 39% according to the study “What women want at work”from Manpower Group.

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According to the study that WeWork carried out together with Michael Page titled “Beyond the hybrid revolution”the hybrid work scheme was described by the people consulted as the more conducive to mental healthwith a 77% positive impact at the regional level. Punctually in the country, for the 81% of Argentines, the hybrid modality had a positive impact on your productivity.

“As leaders, it is essential that we put these issues on the agenda in order to generate more enjoyable and supportive work spaces with people, asking ourselves questions such as: what is best for my team?, how do we work best?, and do collaborators have the spaces to voice their problems? Our focus should be on strengthen our culture and make our teams healthier, happier and more productive. When we trust our employees to freely choose where and when to do their best work, they feel happier and perform at their best “, said Rocio Robledodirector of WeWork Argentina.

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The redefinition of face-to-face work spaces is essential. At WeWork they identified the importance of having a people centered environmentwhich facilitates the tools to protect their mental health, while at the same time being able to connect with others and inspire Y potentiate your professional skills.

It’s not all work, we are social and integral beingsand that is why the hybrid work model has been so successful so far – according to the study, there are already a total of 83% of Argentines implementing the hybrid work model- because it offers a greater possibility of balance personal and work life; providing the flexibility and ability to decision about how and where we prefer to work.