37: Hybrid Working. The good, the bad & the unknown.

Professor Mark Wooden from the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research and Burgernomics host, Ross MacDowell discuss working from home, hybrid working and the Great Resignation. Does productivity increase or decrease when working from home? Is hybrid working a temporary post COVID phenomenon? Will employees be forced back to offices when unemployment rises back to average levels and employees loose their current bargaining power? Have we seen the irreversible decline of central business districts? What are the advantages and disadvantages for both employees and employers of working from home? As social animals, do humans need the socialisation the workplace offers? What are the mental health issues resulting from hybrid working? Is the Great Resignation a myth as the statistics suggest? Want To Dig Deeper?2022 HILDA Statistical Report. How Australian households changed as we managed the emerging pandemic.https://melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/hilda/publications/hilda-statistical-reportsRead Professor Mark Wooden’s article in The Conversation on why home working boosts women's job satisfaction more than men.https://theconversation.com/hilda-finds-working-from-home-boosts-womens-job-satisfaction-more-than-mens-and-that-has-a-downside-195641