Why Does Your Hybrid Work Strategy Matter?
Part I: Four Key Points
Published: Gallup 2025
Crafting a long-term hybrid work strategy requires a clear understanding of how organizations are structuring remote work flexibility and what is working best for employees, especially given that five in 10 full-time U.S. employees have remote-capable jobs.
To remain competitive, organizational cultures need to reflect that they provide what employees are looking for.
1. Where Are People Working Now and Into the Future?
Gallup's latest insights show that the majority of remote-capable employees are currently working in a hybrid or exclusively remote arrangement, and the ability to work in a hybrid arrangement is what a majority of remote-capable employees want. Six in 10 employees with remote-capable jobs want a hybrid work arrangement. About one-third prefer fully remote work, and less than 10% prefer to work on-site.
Half of U.S. Remote- Capable Employees Expect Hybrid Work - Even More Prefer It
2. What Are the Advantages and Challenges of Hybrid Work?
Hybrid employees feel strongly about the advantages of their work arrangement -- the top benefits of hybrid work are selected two to three times more than the top challenges.
Top Advantages and Challenges of Hybrid Work, According to Hybrid Employees.
Most Important Benefits of Working On-Site for Hybrid Workers - Gallup
3. What Is the Risk of Eliminating Remote Flexibility?
Six in 10 exclusively remote employees say they are extremely likely to search for employment elsewhere if they are not allowed remote flexibility.
High Risk of Turnover for U.S. Remote-Capable Employees if Not Allowed Remote Flexibility.
4. How Does Remote Flexibility Influence Employee Engagement?
Exclusively remote and hybrid employees tend to have significantly higher employee engagement than on-site workers.
Remote-capable, on-site employees have experienced the largest drop in engagement since 2020. These individuals have a job that could be performed with remote flexibility, but instead, they are required to work on-site every workday.
On-site employees whose job is not remote-capable have the lowest engagement.
Employee Engagement Lowest for On-Site Employees
Stay tuned for part II for the additional four key points released by Gallup on Tuesday - May 20, 2025.
