What is Hybrid Work? Meaning, Models and Example

Common hybrid models

The model should follow the work. Teams that depend on face-to-face collaboration or shared equipment need more overlap, while roles with long stretches of focused work can spend more time remote. Whatever is chosen, write it down per team so attendance can check it.

• Fixed days: everyone in on the same days, such as Tuesday to Thursday
• Team anchor days: each team agrees its own office days
• Minimum days: a set number of office days a week, chosen by the employee
• Role-based: office-heavy roles get fewer remote days than others

What hybrid work changes for HR

Attendance can no longer assume that no punch means absent. HR needs to know, for each person, which days are office days, which are remote, and how a remote day is recorded. Seating, meeting rooms and travel allowances often change. Policies on equipment, data security and internet costs need clear answers. Managers also have to judge output rather than presence, which is harder than it sounds and needs clear goals for each role.

Making hybrid attendance work

Start with one written pattern per team, record it against each employee, and review it after a quarter using attendance and team feedback. In ZeniaHR, the work terms policy includes a default work model of office, work from home, hybrid with office days, or field, along with a number of WFH days per month.

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