“They love routine and creature comforts… so investing in state-of-the-art office chairs and having perks like catered lunches helps bring people back into the office,” Danielle Arrebola, Swyftx’s talent acquisition manager, told ABC News.
Middle ground in flexibility
The findings underscore the importance of “finding a middle ground” between flexibility demands and organisational needs, as previously discussed by Catherine Kennedy, managing director of people2people Recruitment.
Kennedy previously pointed out that HR leaders find it hard to balance the needs of the business while also understanding what employees need in terms of flexibility.
“I think what both parties need to bring to the discussion is an understanding that it needs to be mutually agreeable,” she previously told HRD.