BoostingEmployeeEngagement:ThePowerofInPersonEvents
ByFlagshipFacilityServices, February10,2023![](https://assets.isu.pub/document-structure/230214213355-c3b36fb4a0a130bc336774c13677b826/v1/1c89f69c27068674ece16bb54885b321.jpeg)
TheCOVID-19pandemichashadaprofoundimpactontheworkplace, acceleratingthetrendofremoteworkandemptyingoutofficebuildingsaround theglobe.
Infact,58%offacilitiesprofessionalssurveyedbytheInternationalFacility ManagementAssociation(IFMA)reportedthatoccupancyhaddecreasedby61 percentormoreasaresultofCOVID-19.
Thissuddenchangehasbroughtaboutmanychallenges,includingdifficultiesin maintainingcollaborationandcommunication,andincreasedstressduetothe blurringofwork-lifeboundaries.
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AsCOVID-19fearssubsideandwesettleintoa“newnormal,”manyemployers areimplementingreturn-to-workpoliciestocombattheseissues–despitea significantamountofemployeepushback.
Afterall,employeeexpectationshavechangeddrasticallysincethestartofthe pandemic.Notonlydoworkersexpectflexibilitywhenitcomestotheirschedule andphysicalworkspace,butifthey’regoingtomakethecommutetotheoffice, theywanttobepartofalivelycommunityandpositiveworkplaceculture
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