Half of Argentine workers prefer hybrid model, survey shows
Given the choice, a majority of workers in Argentina would prefer a model of two days remote, three days in office – but in reality just 17% are not required to attend their workplace full-time.
Just over half of percent of working Argentines say they would prefer a hybrid schedule combining remote work and days at the office, according to a new study, but less than one in five enjoy that benefit.
Fifty-one percent want a mixed schedule, while 83 percent of workers in Argentina spend all their working hours at an office or workplace, found the survey by Randstad, a human resources firm.
Workers in Argentina’s neighbouring countries are more in favour of a hybrid schedule, with the figure rising to 60 percent among Uruguayuans and 63 percent in Chileans.
In Argentina, the proportion of workers who would choose the full-time office format (41 percent) is significantly higher than in those two nations, with Chile at 20 percent and Uruguay at 31 percent.
Those preferring full-time remote work are in a minority in all three markets, reaching only eight percent in Argentina and Uruguay and 17 percent in Chile.
Andrea Ávila, Randstad CEO for Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, linked the results to the Covid-19 pandemic and said remote options are “here to stay.”
“The mass experiment forced by the pandemic worldwide has shown that remote work does work, which is why it is largely here to stay, be it 100 percent remote or with hybrid formats combining days at the office and home office days,” said Ávila.
“For some working from home part of the week has become non-negotiable, whereas for others the expectation of remote work increasingly affects their career choices and decisions, as part of the quest for a greater work/personal life balance,” she added.
Support for hybrid schedules depended on the number of days in-office. Sixty-percent of Argentines leaned towards two days remote and 3 days at the office. This was shared by 55 percent of workers in Uruguay and 41 percent of workers in Chile.
Three days remotely and two days at the office was chosen by 33 percent of Chileans, 30 percent of Uruguayans and 20 percent of Argentines.
Four days remote and one day in office was backed by more workers in Chile (26 percent) than Argentina and Uruguay (16 and 15 percent respectively), who favoured schedules with more face-to-face contact.
Though half of Argentine workers prefer working a hybrid scheme, the reality is quite different. Across Argentina, 83 percent said they have a full in-person schedule, compared to 78 percent of Uruguayans and 60 percent of Chileans. Only 13 percent of Argentines enjoy a hybrid mode, lower than 19 percent in Uruguay and 26 percent in Chile. Full remote schedules were available to only three percent of Uruguayans, five percent of Argentines and 13 percent of Chileans respectively.
“The trend of working remotely full-time is stabilising in Argentina, whereas hybrid work is decreasing,” observed Ávila.
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