Businesses across industries, including retail, have begun or soon will be beginning the process of determining “what’s next” for their organizations as vaccination rates rise and government-mandated restrictions are lifted, specifically as it relates to bringing employees back to corporate offices.
Most business leaders have acknowledged the 9 a.m-5 p.m., commuting five-days-a-week work schedule will remain in a past where we owned not a single mask. However, determining what's next, including communicating those plans to employees, has yet to be finalized at most organizations. For example, will employees be allowed to continue to work 100 percent remotely? What does a hybrid work environment look like? Will pay scales need to be adjusted if employees can move, and for that matter, will the same benefits be applicable nationwide? If you aren’t the one making these decisions, who is and how will it affect your team?
I’m sure you’ve thought about all of this and much more over the past weeks and even months. As such, Total Retail and its sister brands, Women in Retail Leadership Circle and Women Leading Travel & Hospitality, are conducting a Back to Office survey to provide you with the data necessary to help inform your own company’s plans for reopening corporate offices and headquarters. However, we need your help to make this study as robust as possible. Please take the brief survey, which should take no more than five minutes to seven minutes, here.
The results of the survey will be shared in a comprehensive report that details retail and travel businesses' back-to-office strategies. Lastly, respondents will be entered to win a $100 DoorDash gift card! Thanks in advance for your participation!