Our Digital Workplace Program is exploring the potential for continued telework/flexible work environment for staff and leaders based on experience of leaders and staff.
Press Ganey administered a survey in Jan. 2021 and led focus groups to understand how long-term remote work arrangements could be implemented successfully - by those already working remotely. The focus of their assessment is to inventory best practices, technology needs, and policies and processes that support remote work, as well as create the optimal physical work environments for leaders and staff.
Press Ganey Survey Highlights
- 1,266 DWP Survey Respondents
- 1,076 Skills Inventory Respondents
- 14 Focus Groups - 154 Invitations / 54 Attendees
- 73.3% of all respondents currently work full time or hybrid remote
- 15.3% of remote workers are leaders and 84.7% are staff
- 46.6% of all leaders in DWP currently work full time or hybrid remote
Top Insights and Key Drivers
- The transition to a remote work environment has been successful and there is an overall desire to continue remote work in the future, particularly from staff
- Leaders demonstrated agility in transitioning to remote telework
- Looking toward permanent remote and hybrid work there is now a need for a framework and guidelines to continue to promote remote digital telework
- When staff expressed adequate feedback and communication existed, staff had the highest positive responses
- When staff expressed that their leaders fostered accountability and managed remote employees effectively, staff had the highest positive responses
Survey Wins
- Employees and leaders are very satisfied with current remote working arrangement resulting in very high positive responses to survey questions
- Strong desire for continuous remote work across all teams
- Leaders successfully manage employee productivity
- Employees and leaders working remotely, identify many positive changes to transitioning to remote work environment
Continue Leveraging Positive Outcomes of Working Remotely
Positive changes have come from the transition to working remotely.
- No commute / Traffic (30.0%)
- Drastically reduced my commuting time.
- Less time driving to/from work has freed up significant amount of time in mornings and evenings.
- Less time spent commuting to and from work in traffic.
- Saving Money (13.7%)
- Cost savings on gas for my vehicle along with reduced wear and tear.
- I saved a lot of money on gas and food.
- Save on gas and the environment with less cars traveling on highways. Save money on eating at home.
- Productivity (11.2%)
- I am more productive working from home, and I am happier and healthier.
- I feel that I am much more productive working from home as there are no distraction as there are at work.
- I feel much safer in my home office and I feel much more productive.